Hold Still

A beautiful new edition of the stunning debut novel by Nina LaCour, award-winning author of We Are Okay

"Hold Still may be the truest depiction of the aching, gaping hole left in the wake of a suicide that I've ever read. A haunting and hopeful book about loss, love, and redemption." - Gayle Forman, #1 bestselling author of If I Stay and I Have Lost My Way

That night Ingrid told Caitlin, I'll go wherever you go. But by dawn Ingrid, and her promise, were gone.

Ingrid's suicide immobilizes Caitlin, leaving her unsure of her place in a new life she hardly recognizes. A life without the art, the laughter, the music, and the joy that she shared with her best friend.... But Ingrid left something behind. In words and drawings, Ingrid documented a painful farewell in her journal. Journeying through Ingrid's final days, Caitlin fights back through unspeakable loss to find renewed hope.

Hold Still
is the indelible debut that launched Nina LaCour, the award-winning author of We Are Okay. LaCour's breakthrough novel brings the changing seasons of Caitlin's first year without Ingrid to the page with indelible emotion and honesty.

Includes an all-new essay from the author to commemorate 10 years in print!


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272 pages

Average rating: 8.8

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Anonymous
Nov 19, 2024
6/10 stars
Hold still- the plot, in the beginning and middle of the book is just as the title. It starts with Caitlin dealing with grief and loss and it’s dealt with slowly, all over the place. It doesn’t speed up the grief or the grieving and healing process. We see this teenager essentially put her life on hold, she doesn’t want to feel anything and doesn’t want to move past it, in a way she is stuck. But then she grows and understands and moves on.

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