Girl on the line / Faith Gardner.
Material type:
TextPublisher: New York ; Harper Teen, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers, 2021Copyright date: ©2021Edition: First editionDescription: 344 pages ; 21 cmContent type: - text
- unmediated
- volume
- 9780063022300
- 0063022303
| Item type | Home library | Collection | Call number | Materials specified | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds | |
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Main Library | YA Fiction | GARDNER, FAITH | Available | 33111010464416 |
Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:
A story that begins where too many others end, this stunningly written and unflinchingly authentic tale of love, loss, and hope will touch fans of All the Bright Places and Girl in Pieces.
Life's tough when you didn't expect to be living it. But now that Journey has a future, she apparently also has to figure out what that future's supposed to look like.
Some days the pain feels as fresh as that day: the day she attempted suicide. Her parents don't know how to speak to her. Her best friend cracks all the wrong jokes. Her bipolar II disorder feels like it swallows her completely.
But other days--they feel like revelations. Like meeting the dazzling Etta, a city college student who is a world unto herself. Or walking into the office of the volunteer hotline, and discovering a community as simultaneously strong and broken as she is.
Or uncovering the light within herself that she didn't know existed.
Praise for Faith Gardner's The Second Life of Ava Rivers:
"A beautiful, moving, and thoughtful story about how far we're willing to go for family." --Kathleen Glasgow, New York Times bestselling author of Girl in Pieces
"This remarkable novel reproduces the personal and family trauma associated with the loss and recovery of a missing child. The Second Life of Ava Rivers is an enthralling tale." --Voice of Youth Advocates (VOYA) (starred review)
"Gardner's unforgettable voice blends Jodi Picoult's emotional, ripped-from-the-headlines storytelling with Mindy McGinnis's unflinchingly honest protagonists." --Booklist (starred review)
"Gardner brings a unique tenderness focused on the human dynamics of creating family and individual identity in the face of tragedy." --Bulletin of the Center for Children's Books (starred review)
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Journey hadn't planned for a future, but when her suicide attempt fails she finds the life she never meant to live challenging in more ways than before: her parents don't trust her, her friends have moved on for their own good, her bipolar disorder is overwhelming. At odds with herself and lacking concrete goals, she begins volunteering at a local helpline, where she finds a community as strong yet broken as she is.