You Know Where to Find Me
Overview
Commentary
Rachel Cohn's dark coming-of-age novel is filled with teen agony, including drug use, emotional pain, and fractured families. Raised practically as sisters, Miles and Laura were complete opposites, Laura beautiful and popular, Miles plump and angry. But when Laura commits suicide, everything changes, and Miles begins going deeper down into pills and sadness. A backdrop of a hot summer, a crush on a best friend, and plenty of humor complete the story.
Publisher's Notes
Antisocial and overweight, Miles has always dreamed of being like her perfect and popular cousin Laura, but when Laura commits suicide, Miles turns to her family for much-needed support to get through her overwhelming feelings of devastation, confusion, and loss. 30,000 first printing.
Synopses
In the wake of her cousin's suicide, overweight and introverted seventeen-year-old Miles experiences significant changes in her relationships with her mother and father, her best friend Jamal and his family, and her cousin's father, while gaining insights about herself, both positive and negative.
Reviews
"[Cohn's] work is heartbreaking, at times excruciating to read, but it rings with authenticity...The tragedy of teen suicide has been the subject of countless novels, yet rarely has it been discussed with such gritty realism."
"Cohn's slick, upbeat, urban prose intensifies the sharply drawn characters that frame Miles's world...What results isn't just a story about overcoming sorrow, but rather one of a girl raging against the world and herself, waiting for someone to help her make sense of it all."
"While Cohn's characterizations occasionally teeter toward stereotype, the story's evolving relationships keep it compelling enough to propel readers through to its dramatic conclusion."
Full Details
| Author | |
| Format | Hardcover |
| ISBN | 9780689878596 |
| List Price | $16.99 |
| Publisher | |
| Publication Date | 03/04/2008 |
| Fiction/Non-Fiction | |
| Release Status | In Print |
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| Language | |
| Edition Number | 1 |
| Pages | 204 |
| Measurements | Weight: 0.7 Pounds |
| Height: 8.5 Inches |
| Length: 5.5 Inches |
| Thickness: 0.75 Inches |
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