If I Stay
INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER • A heart-wrenchingly raw and heartbreakingly romantic story that asks the ultimate question: What would you do if you had to choose?
“Beautifully written.”—Entertainment Weekly
“Every moment I spent reading Forman’s masterpiece drew me in more.”—NPR
Mia had everything: a loving family, a gorgeous, adoring boyfriend, and a bright future full of music and full of choices. Then, in an instant, almost all of that is taken from her. Caught between life and death, between a happy past and an unknowable future, Mia spends one critical day contemplating the only decision she has left—the most important decision she’ll ever make. Simultaneously tragic and hopeful, this is a romantic, riveting, and ultimately uplifting story about memory, music, living, dying, loving.
Adapted into a major motion picture starring Chloe Grace Moretz, Mia’s story will stay with you for a long, long time.
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If I Stay by Gayle Forman
Seventeen-year old Mia watches as they struggle to bring her back to her lifeless body following a horrific and tragic car accident.
Mia watches as friends and family come and visit her offering their love and support and ultimately their knowledge that whatever choice Mia makes - whether to stay and deal with the consequences of the accident or to leave and go to whatever comes after this life - is her own.
The book is emotional and raw. I like Mia and her boyfriend Adam and her whole crazy family, which you get to know as she flashes back to memories of her life and past relationships.
It's an easy, good read.
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Seventeen-year old Mia watches as they struggle to bring her back to her lifeless body following a horrific and tragic car accident.
Mia watches as friends and family come and visit her offering their love and support and ultimately their knowledge that whatever choice Mia makes - whether to stay and deal with the consequences of the accident or to leave and go to whatever comes after this life - is her own.
The book is emotional and raw. I like Mia and her boyfriend Adam and her whole crazy family, which you get to know as she flashes back to memories of her life and past relationships.
It's an easy, good read.
http://the-book-off.blogspot.com
This was such a beautiful story. And a fun read. It's hard to call a book about death a "fun" read, but the story of the main characters is mainly told in flashbacks. And the author uses a lot of musical references, which is always a plus for me. She actually goes through all the music at the end of the book (at least in my copy) and gives a little background on each.
There's also a piece in the back about how a tragic event involving close friends of hers actually led her to writing this story.
It says on the front of the book that it will appeal to Twilight fans. I have no idea why because I don't know anything about the Twilight stories. This IS mostly about a teenage girl and her "choice" whether to live or die, so maybe that's where they make the connection?
I picked it up because I heard about it on NPR, where someone was talking about how they TOTALLY judged this book by the cover but it paid off in the end.
I agree.
And now I'm gonna go download all those songs...
There's also a piece in the back about how a tragic event involving close friends of hers actually led her to writing this story.
It says on the front of the book that it will appeal to Twilight fans. I have no idea why because I don't know anything about the Twilight stories. This IS mostly about a teenage girl and her "choice" whether to live or die, so maybe that's where they make the connection?
I picked it up because I heard about it on NPR, where someone was talking about how they TOTALLY judged this book by the cover but it paid off in the end.
I agree.
And now I'm gonna go download all those songs...
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