Guys. OMG Guys. Guys! GUYSGUYSGUYS!!!!!!!!!! OK.So:
The lovely friend Cassie brought some books to Triumvant (yes, I made that up. not the point.) Suzie. In her infinite and graceful benevolence, T.S. held up IF I STAY and was all "Hey, Meredith, this is good, would you like to borrow it?" and I was all "Yeah, sure." (Thinking: Suzie never leads me astray. It's not like I read much anymore...I should really get on that.)
OMG. OMGeeee!! alfhNAFCN:iueyfWEHFklnfclaofhb fv'. Guys.
This book. Is. So! Good!
I started it on the subway home from work tonight. Where The Hat Trick commenced. 1. Crying on Public Transportation 2. I missed my stop 3. I walked home reading. (Not true. I started, but that's unsafe. Safety first, readers!)
Guys. Read this book.
The last normal moment that Mia, a talented cellist, can remember is being in the car with her family. Then she is standing outside her body beside their mangled Buick and her parents' corpses, watching herself and her little brother being tended by paramedics. As she ponders her state (Am I dead? I actually have to ask myself this), Mia is whisked away to a hospital, where, her body in a coma, she reflects on the past and tries to decide whether to fight to live. Via Mia's thoughts and flashbacks, Forman (Sisters in Sanity) expertly explores the teenager's life, her passion for classical music and her strong relationships with her family, friends and boyfriend, Adam. Mia's singular perspective (which will recall Alice Sebold's adult novel, The Lovely Bones) also allows for powerful portraits of her friends and family as they cope: Please don't die. If you die, there's going to be one of those cheesy Princess Diana memorials at school, prays Mia's friend Kim. I know you'd hate that kind of thing. Intensely moving, the novel will force readers to take stock of their lives and the people and things that make them worth living.
The last normal moment that Mia, a talented cellist, can remember is being in the car with her family. Then she is standing outside her body beside their mangled Buick and her parents' corpses, watching herself and her little brother being tended by paramedics. As she ponders her state (Am I dead? I actually have to ask myself this), Mia is whisked away to a hospital, where, her body in a coma, she reflects on the past and tries to decide whether to fight to live. Via Mia's thoughts and flashbacks, Forman (Sisters in Sanity) expertly explores the teenager's life, her passion for classical music and her strong relationships with her family, friends and boyfriend, Adam. Mia's singular perspective (which will recall Alice Sebold's adult novel, The Lovely Bones) also allows for powerful portraits of her friends and family as they cope: Please don't die. If you die, there's going to be one of those cheesy Princess Diana memorials at school, prays Mia's friend Kim. I know you'd hate that kind of thing. Intensely moving, the novel will force readers to take stock of their lives and the people and things that make them worth living.
Guys.