Like the music it often references, her writing seems to float gracefully over and around its themes of life and choice and lovealways love. Hardcover ISBN-13 : 9780525421030 ISBN-10 : 0525421033 Publisher : Dutton Books for Young Readers Publish Date : April 2009 Page Count : 201. It’s a shattering and ultimately life-affirming book, and I was completely transported by the lyricism of Gayle’s prose. “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. Gayle Forman (19,461) Kindle Edition 9.99. If you die, there’s going to be one of those cheesy Princess Diana memorials at school,” prays Mia’s friend Kim. ) also allows for powerful portraits of her friends and family as they cope: “Please don’t die. Mia’s singular perspective (which will recall Alice Sebold’s adult novel, The Lovely Bones ) expertly explores the teenager’s life, her passion for classical music and her strong relationships with her family, friends and boyfriend, Adam. Via Mia’s thoughts and flashbacks, Forman ( Sisters in Sanity 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. 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. The last normal moment that Mia, a talented cellist, can remember is being in the car with her family.
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