Through this, she is able to watch the actions around her, as friends and family gather at the hospital where she is being treated. A haunting novel about the power of love and loss a story that wont quite let you go. Jake hallman, a great good place for books, san francisco, ca. This story evokes the popular adult novel, the lovely bones. Stay close,online free book reading, online novel library. Poignant, sad, affirminga novel well worth reading. If i stay is a book series written by gayle forman. The book follows mias stories and the unfolding of her life through a series of flashbacks. A horrible car accident that kills almost the entire family instantly. Throughout the novel, her narration shifts between a presenttense timeline involving the car accidents aftermath and a pasttense timeline of memories that precede the crash. If i stay follows the story of seventeen year old mia hall who is extremely talented at playing the cello and has to make a huge decision. And of course, as i always say if a book makes you cry, it is a good book, therefore if i stay is an excellent read and i would definitely recommend it to those who are looking for a sad yet. Mia is the only member of her family to survive, and she finds herself in a coma. Intensely moving, the novel will force readers to take stock of their lives and the.
It challenges readers to think about how they choose to be in their lives. Seventeen yearold mia has no memory of the accident. Like those fables, adebayos stay with me a beautifully produced book with a matisseinspired jacket that felicitously captures the spirit of the authors writing has a. He is one year older than mia, and graduated from their high school the year prior.
Its been three years since the devastating shelve where she went. If i stay by gayle forman penguin books new zealand. It explores the power of love, family, and romance. Snow days should be less bloody, but mia doesnt have a choice yet. Portrait of a nigerian marriage in a heartbreaking debut novel. If i stay looks at the reasons we keep on breathing. Through this coma, however, mia has an outofbody experience. The story follows 17yearold mia hall as she deals with the aftermath of a catastrophic car accident involving her family. Mia narrates the novel from a firstperson perspective. Mia and her family get to enjoy a snow day at the beginning of if i stay. Stay with me is a novel of commitment, culture and the. These books are aimed at young readers as they tell us a story of 17yearold mia hall and the way she deals with the aftermath of a car accident her family got in. If i stay is a gorgeous book that deals with death, family, love, and grief so as you can tell it is quite a complex novel that deals with complex issues that all happen between a really short time period. If i stay is a young adult novel by gayle forman published in 2009.
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