Status Updates From The Killing Sea

multiple character POVs but its in third person

Bonding through trauma, no matter the race.

It took place in Aceh, Indonesia december 2004

In the book The Killing Sea. Sarah was on a short vacation and started throwing a fit. But there was a man who wanted to attend art school. He saw Sarah and was immediately awed by her "American Beauty" and felt compelled to draw her. But she left early since her fit, and he never got to draw her, so he followed the boat she was riding on to fulfill his need to draw "raw American beauty."