If I Stay
$21.16
- Paperback
288 pages
- Release Date
3 July 2014
Summary
What would you do if you had to choose?
A haunting novel about the power of love and loss - a story that won’t quite let you go.
‘Just listen,’ Adam says with a voice that sounds like shrapnel. ‘I open my eyes wide now. I sit up as much as I can. And I listen.’ ‘Stay,’ he says.
Everybody has to make choices. Some might break you.
For seventeen-year-old Mia, surrounded by a wonderful family, friends and a gorgeous boyfriend decisions might seem tough, but they’r…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781909531239 |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10: | 1909531235 |
| Author: | Gayle Forman |
| Publisher: | Penguin Random House Children's UK |
| Imprint: | Definitions |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 288 |
| Release Date: | 3 July 2014 |
| Weight: | 202g |
| Dimensions: | 198mm x 129mm x 17mm |
| Series: | If I Stay |
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A compulsive read
This sensitively written story of the power of love and loss presses all the right buttons … The intensity of feelings and tragic suddenness with which life changes will strike a chord with teenagers and the young at heart. Read it, as they say, and weep * Daily Mail *This is a wonderful, beautiful book; so gripping, so wise and oh, so heart-breakingly painfulA compulsive readThis is a haunting and heartbreaking novel reminiscent of The Lovely Bones … Impossible to put down * Bookseller *For the first few pages, If I Stay comes across like a light hearted story about a teenager, her love life and her kooky family, but from the moment Forman hits you with the devastatingly detached description of the aftermath of the crash, you know you’ve picked up something special * The Bookbag *It reminded me very much of The Lovely Bones. I found it uplifting and satisfyingYou really care about the characters and it makes you question what you would do in the same circumstances. My heart was in my mouth at the end of itBeneath this dramatic storyline, which will resonate with older teen readers, Gayle Forman cleverly explores the fragility and uncertainty of life. She does so in an emotive and thoughtful manner that will persuade even the most cynical reader of the importance of friendship, family and love * Waterstone’s Books Quarterly *The author endows the narrative with as much humor as poignancy and lays bare the challenges Mia has encountered in each of her relationships as well as the breakthroughs, leaving readers in suspense until the final bars * www.shelf-awareness.com *Intensely moving, the novel will force readers to take stock of their lives and the people and things that make them worth living * Publishers Weekly (US) *
About The Author
Gayle Forman
GAYLE FORMAN is an award-winning author and journalist whose articles have appeared in numerous publications, including Seventeen, Cosmopolitan and Elle in the US. She lives in Brooklyn with her family.
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