Through this coma, however, mia has an outofbody experience. The book follows mias stories and the unfolding of her life through a series of flashbacks. Throughout the novel, her narration shifts between a presenttense timeline involving the car accidents aftermath and a pasttense timeline of memories that precede the crash. Portrait of a nigerian marriage in a heartbreaking debut novel. He is one year older than mia, and graduated from their high school the year prior. It explores the power of love, family, and romance. Seventeen yearold mia has no memory of the accident. Mia narrates the novel from a firstperson perspective. Stay with me is a novel of commitment, culture and the. A haunting novel about the power of love and loss a story that wont quite let you go. It challenges readers to think about how they choose to be in their lives. Its been three years since the devastating shelve where she went. Jake hallman, a great good place for books, san francisco, ca. A special anniversary edition of gayle formans breakout bestseller, if i stay, in a brand new.
Mia and her family get to enjoy a snow day at the beginning of if i stay. If i stay is a young adult novel by gayle forman published in 2009. If i stay follows the story of seventeen year old mia hall who is extremely talented at playing the cello and has to make a huge decision. Snow days should be less bloody, but mia doesnt have a choice yet. And of course, as i always say if a book makes you cry, it is a good book, therefore if i stay is an excellent read and i would definitely recommend it to those who are looking for a sad yet.
Mia hall is the seventeenyearold protagonist of if i stay, and the novel is told from her point of view. The story follows 17yearold mia hall as she deals with the aftermath of a catastrophic car accident involving her family. If i stay is a book series written by gayle forman. This story evokes the popular adult novel, the lovely bones. A horrible car accident that kills almost the entire family instantly. Stay with me is a novel of commitment, culture and the struggle to conceive set in nigeria in the 1980s, ayobami adebayos debut novel tells the. If i stay by gayle forman penguin books new zealand.
If i stay is a gorgeous book that deals with death, family, love, and grief so as you can tell it is quite a complex novel that deals with complex issues that all happen between a really short time period. Poignant, sad, affirminga novel well worth reading. Mia is the only member of her family to survive, and she finds herself in a coma. The critically acclaimed, bestselling novel from gayle forman, author of where she went, just one day, and just one year. These books are aimed at young readers as they tell us a story of 17yearold mia hall and the way she deals with the aftermath of a car accident her family got in. The critically acclaimed, bestselling novel from gayle forman, author of where she went. Like those fables, adebayos stay with me a beautifully produced book with a matisseinspired jacket that felicitously captures the spirit of the authors writing has a.