And We Stay
by:
Jenny Hubbard (author)
The Morris Award-winning author of Paper Covers Rock delivers another stunning boarding school novel about female friendship, romantic tragedy, and the aftermath of suicide. — Senior Paul Wagoner walks into his school with a stolen gun, he threatens his girlfriend, Emily Beam, and then takes his...
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The Morris Award-winning author of Paper Covers Rock delivers another stunning boarding school novel about female friendship, romantic tragedy, and the aftermath of suicide. — Senior Paul Wagoner walks into his school with a stolen gun, he threatens his girlfriend, Emily Beam, and then takes his own life. Soon after, angry and guilt-ridden Emily is sent to a boarding school in Amherst, Massachusetts, where two quirky fellow students and the spirit of Emily Dickinson offer helping hands. But it is up to Emily Beam to heal her own damaged self, to find the good behind the bad, hope inside the despair, and springtime under the snow.
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Format: hardcover
ISBN:
9780385740579 (0385740573)
Publish date: 2014-01-28
Publisher: Delacorte Press
Pages no: 240
Edition language: English
I read this a couple of years back at the end of the year and am just now writing a review for it since listening to the audiobook version. This will be a brief review/summary because I'm reacting to the overarching story itself. "And We Stay" is a difficult book to read (and rate, to be honest with...
She had almost laughed at how absurd it all was, how water made mud of the ground. How hearts made mud of the world. And We Stay is one of those books that's hard to explain - there was a lot of emotion and a lot of tragedy, but it's really hard to say why it hit me the way it did. I'm usually not...
For more reviews visit The Accidental Reader Do you love poetry? If so, you might want to give this book a chance. But for those of you who don't like poetry or don't feel anything particular towards it, well, you might want to hear me out. (Those who love are welcome to join as well, of course)Wh...
Actual rating: 2.5 starsWhen I read a book about grief or loss, I expect it to resonate with me in some way. I expect it to make me feel or make me think... and, unfortunately, And We Stay did none of those things. And We Stay is told in third person present tense which definitely made it difficult ...
Honestly, I was really looking forward to reading this book. I’m a sucker for a pretty cover, and the idea of poetry to cope with the aftermath of suicide fascinates me. However, the first thing that struck me about this book was the third-person present-tense narration. Unless you are really new to...
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