![]() Ingrid’s secrets are excruciating to discover, but the ample evidence of her creative force makes it clear that her life had meaning. i am sad all the time and the sadness is so heavy that I can’t get away from it”). The entries and pictures in Ingrid’s journal vibrate with feeling and provide insight into the pain of chronic depression (“the sun stopped shining for me is all. What is most remarkable about LaCour’s tale is her ability to make the presence of an absent character so deeply felt. ![]() Then she discovers Ingrid’s journal, a record of her thoughts during her final days, and reasons for her tragic, perhaps inevitable fate begin to come to light. Formerly a bookseller and high school English teacher, she now writes. ![]() A haunting and hopeful book about loss, love, and redemption. Nina LaCour (is the author of the award-winning Hold Still and widely acclaimed The Disenchantments. Afraid to risk new friendships and unable to continue her own artistic endeavors, Caitlin finds herself in a state of paralysis, wrestling with questions that may remain unanswered. Description A beautiful new edition of the stunning debut novel by Nina LaCour, award-winning author of We Are Okay 'Hold Still may be the truest depiction of the aching, gaping hole left in the wake of a suicide that Ive ever read. Caitlin begins her junior year in high school bitter and stunned over the recent suicide of her best friend Ingrid, a talented photographer and artist. ![]() LaCour makes an impressive debut with an emotionally charged young adult novel about friendship and loss. ![]()
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