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Cody and Meg were inseparable.
Two peas in a pod.
Until . . . they weren’t anymore.
When her best friend Meg drinks a bottle of industrial-strength cleaner alone in a motel room, Cody is understandably shocked and devastated. She and Meg shared everything—so how was there no warning? But when Cody travels to Meg’s college town to pack up the belongings left behind, she discovers that there’s a lot that Meg never told her. About her old roommates, the sort of people Cody never would have met in her dead-end small town in Washington. About Ben McAllister, the boy with a guitar and a sneer, and some secrets of his own. And about an encrypted computer file that Cody can’t open—until she does, and suddenly everything Cody thought she knew about her best friend’s death gets thrown into question.
I Was Here is Gayle Forman at her finest, a taut, emotional, and ultimately redemptive story about redefining the meaning of family and finding a way to move forward even in the face of unspeakable loss.
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“Narrator Jorjeana Marie’s wide range of shifting reactions gives a convincing picture of eighteen-year-old Cody, who learns that her best friend, Meg, has committed suicide. Could there be any situation that provokes a more complex tangle of emotions? Marie provides subtle shadings throughout…While Cody’s outward expression seems snarky, listeners are privy to the anger that fuels her search for the person who aided Meg in her suicide as well as her fear of that confrontation…Winner of the AudioFile Earphones Award.”
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“A heartbreaking novel about loss from the bestselling author of If I Stay.”
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“In Gayle Forman’s latest irresistible tear-jerker, the survivor is Cody Reynolds…Her quest for peace…elevates a potentially lugubrious story to a place of humor and grace. Forman…spin[s] heartbreak into [a mystery] that remain[s] realistically, uncomfortably unsolved. Readers requiring total resolution may want to steer clear. But braver souls, teenagers and adults alike, will be rewarded…The payoff may not be particularly sweet…but it is hard earned and life affirming, which is infinitely more rewarding.”
— New York Times Book Review -
“Gayle Forman delivers another taut, captivating tale about young people discovering hidden sides of themselves and others. A teen author well worth knowing.”
— Barnes&Noble.com, editorial review -
“As she did in If I Stay, Forman offers an introspective examination of the line between life and death and the courage it takes to persist.”
— Publishers Weekly (starred review) -
“Part tautly paced mystery, part psychological study of suicide and its aftereffects…An engrossing and provocative look at the devastating finality of suicide, survivor’s guilt, the complicated nature of responsibility, and even the role of the Internet in life-and-death decisions.”
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“Suicide has always been a subject in YA literature, and to her credit, Forman handles it sensitively and gracefully, raising important issues of the ethics and morality of the subject. The combination mystery and love story is sure to reach a wide readership and excite essential discussion.”
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“Hugely popular Forman, author of the acclaimed If I Stay among others, has another best seller here. This novel’s strength lies in its depiction of main character Cody, a young woman torn by conflicts but sustained by her own sense of purpose.”
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"I Was Here is a pitch-perfect blend of mystery, tragedy, and romance. Gayle Forman has given us an unflinchingly honest portrait of the bravery it takes to live after devastating loss.”
— Stephen Chbosky, author of The Perks of Being a Wallflower
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AudioFile Earphones Award
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A New York Times Editor’s Choice
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About Gayle Forman
Gayle Forman is an award-winning, internationally bestselling author and journalist. She has written several bestselling novels for young adults, including the New York Times bestseller If I Stay, which has been translated into more than forty languages and in 2014 was adapted into a major motion picture.
About Jorjeana Marie
Jorjeana Marie has worked extensively as an actress, comedian, writer, and audiobook narrator. Her narrations have earned her several Earphones Awards. She has performed in hundreds of commercials and starred in the pilot Listen to Grandpa, Andy Ling with Elliott Gould. She is a stand-up comic who has opened for Richard Lewis, Louie Anderson, and Kathleen Madigan. Her video game credits include Final Fantasy, Crackdown 2, and Star Guardians. She loves reading so much it gets her into trouble.