While I'm Falling (Center Point Platinum Reader's Circle (Large Print))

Moriarty, Laura

ISBN 10: 1602856575 ISBN 13: 9781602856578

Publisher: Center Point Pub, 2010

Synopsis

Engrossed in a new relationship to the point that her studies begin to suffer, college junior Veronica is devastated when a plea for help goes unheeded, but a surprising request from her mother teaches her about family, love, and independence.

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Review

"Jodi Picoult fans, listen up! Here, finally, is Someone as good as she is... A"

"Laura Moriarty writes with unflinching honesty and clear-eyed compassion...I carried this book everywhere I went." -- Jacquelyn Mitchard

"Laura Moriarty's raw, honest novel about an ordinary family whose life changes in one extraordinary moment resonates like an emotional tuning fork. You'll be asking yourself what you would do in this situation, long after you've finished reading." -- Jodi Picoult

"WHILE I'M FALLING deftly captures the moment a child realizes that growing up means being responsible for your parents' mistakes - and preventing yourself from making the same ones. Laura Moriarty keeps getting better and better." Jodi Picoult, author of Handle with Care"

About the Author

Laura Moriarty received her master's degree from the University of Kansas and was awarded the George Bennett Fellowship for Creative Writing at Phillips Exeter Academy. She is the author of The Center of Everything and The Rest of Her Life. She lives in Lawrence, Kansas.

Edition details

• Publisher: Center Point Pub
• Publication date: 2010
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1602856575
• ISBN 13: 9781602856578
• Binding: Library Binding
• Number of pages: 415