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2016 VOYA Top Shelf Fiction Selection
Anna has always been so level-headed, so easy-going, so talented and funny. How could anyone have guessed she wanted to die?
Anna is not like other people. She’s always felt like she didn’t belong: not with other kids, not with her family, not in her body. It isn’t until her grandparents are killed in a tragic accident, however, that Anna starts to feel untethered. She begins to wonder what it would be like if she didn’t exist, and the thought of escaping the aimless drifting is the only thing that brings her comfort.
When Anna overdoses on prescription painkillers, doctors realize she has been suffering from depression and start looking for a way to help her out of the desperate black hole she never thought she would escape. It’s then that rock bottom comes into sight and the journey back to normal begins.
Anna has always been so level-headed, so easy-going, so talented and funny. How could anyone have guessed she wanted to die?
Anna is not like other people. She’s always felt like she didn’t belong: not with other kids, not with her family, not in her body. It isn’t until her grandparents are killed in a tragic accident, however, that Anna starts to feel untethered. She begins to wonder what it would be like if she didn’t exist, and the thought of escaping the aimless drifting is the only thing that brings her comfort.
When Anna overdoses on prescription painkillers, doctors realize she has been suffering from depression and start looking for a way to help her out of the desperate black hole she never thought she would escape. It’s then that rock bottom comes into sight and the journey back to normal begins.
Price: $12.99
Pages: 208
Publisher: Dundurn Press
Imprint: Dundurn Press
Publication Date:
06 September 2016
Trim Size: 8.00 X 5.00 in
ISBN: 9781459734319
Format: Paperback
BISACs:
YOUNG ADULT FICTION / Social Themes / Suicide, Children’s / Teenage fiction: General fiction, YOUNG ADULT FICTION / Social Themes / Depression, YOUNG ADULT FICTION / Social Themes / Drugs, Alcohol, Substance Abuse, Children’s / Teenage fiction: General fiction, Children’s / Teenage personal & social issues: Disability & special needs
Detached is a brave book.
A convincing and affecting narrative about depression, stressing the fact that it is not the sufferer’s fault.
With professional help, Anna realizes that she has everything to live for. With Kilbourne’s help, readers will have a better understanding of teen depression.
Kilbourne’s writing is strong; the novel is engaging, easy to read, and flawlessly alternates between the voices of three narrators … [she] delivers a gritty story that highlights the importance of friendship and family bonds.
Use this short but detailed book in a classroom or book club setting to start a candid discussion on depression as a mental illness.
Thoughtfully addresses the topic of suicide through the story of Anna, a young artist who seems to have it all.
Told in alternating first-person perspectives that include Anna; her mother; and Anna’s best friend, Aliya, this novel sheds light on mental illness.
Addictive and powerful.
A convincing and affecting narrative about depression, stressing the fact that it is not the sufferer’s fault.
With professional help, Anna realizes that she has everything to live for. With Kilbourne’s help, readers will have a better understanding of teen depression.
Kilbourne’s writing is strong; the novel is engaging, easy to read, and flawlessly alternates between the voices of three narrators … [she] delivers a gritty story that highlights the importance of friendship and family bonds.
Use this short but detailed book in a classroom or book club setting to start a candid discussion on depression as a mental illness.
Thoughtfully addresses the topic of suicide through the story of Anna, a young artist who seems to have it all.
Told in alternating first-person perspectives that include Anna; her mother; and Anna’s best friend, Aliya, this novel sheds light on mental illness.
Addictive and powerful.
Christina Kilbourne is the author of Dear Jo, which won three reader’s choice awards. Her writing has been translated into Spanish, Portuguese, Slovenian, and Ukrainian. Christina lives in Bracebridge.