My Heart and Other Black Holes
by:
Jasmine Warga (author)
A stunning novel about the transformative power of love, perfect for fans of Jay Asher and Laurie Halse Anderson.Sixteen-year-old physics nerd Aysel is obsessed with plotting her own death. With a mother who can barely look at her without wincing, classmates who whisper behind her back, and a...
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A stunning novel about the transformative power of love, perfect for fans of Jay Asher and Laurie Halse Anderson.Sixteen-year-old physics nerd Aysel is obsessed with plotting her own death. With a mother who can barely look at her without wincing, classmates who whisper behind her back, and a father whose violent crime rocked her small town, Aysel is ready to turn her pote
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Format: ebook
ISBN:
9780062324696 (0062324691)
ASIN: B00KFG15NU
Publisher: Balzer & Bray
Pages no: 320
Edition language: English
My Heart and Other Black Holes - Jasmine Warga Fair warning, I'm putting on my "Mom Hat" here for this "young adult" book. I thought that this book was very good, VERY good for the first 95% of the book then it shifted on it's head. I was so impressed by the author's ability to really descri...
I am not going to say that suicide has become a popular topic, because it hasn’t, and still deserves much needed attention, but there has been far greater instances of it being picked up as a topic. There is a wide girth written about the topic of suicide, particularly adolescent suicide, on the res...
My Heart and Other Black Holes was obviously an important book for this author, the heart of it is full of a depth of emotion and shows a writer baring her heart a little. In that way, it is beautifully written and resonant and I can see exactly what this was trying to achieve. And would I believe f...
There are lots of brilliant YA books about suicide (All The Bright Places, Thirteen Reasons Why, Wintergirls, etc) – if a book about suicide can be called brilliant – and My Heart and Other Black Holes is (almost) just as good. In the same vein as All The Bright Places, the two main characters (Ay...
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