A Heart in a Body in the World, Deb Caletti
A Heart in a Body in the World, Deb Caletti
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A Heart in a Body in the World

Author: Deb Caletti

Narrator: Julia Whelan

Unabridged: 8 hr 39 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 09/18/2018


Synopsis

SELECTED AS ONE OF THE YOUNG ADULT LIBRARY SERVICES ASSOCIATION’S 2019 AMAZING AUDIOBOOKS FOR YOUNG ADULTS!

“This is one for the ages.” —Gayle Forman, author of the #1 bestseller If I Stay
“A book everyone should read right now.” —The New York Times Book Review
“A vital and heartbreaking story that brings together the #MeToo movement, the effects of gun violence, and the struggle of building oneself up again after crisis.” —Elle
“Equal parts heartbreaking and hopeful.” —BookPage

A Printz Honor Book

Each step on Annabelle’s 2,700 mile cross-country run brings her closer to facing a trauma from her past in National Book Award finalist Deb Caletti’s novel about the heart, all the ways it breaks, and its journey to healing. Because sometimes against our will, against all odds, we go forward.

Then…

Annabelle’s life wasn’t perfect, but it was full—full of friends, family, love. And a boy…whose attention Annabelle found flattering and unsettling all at once.

Until that attention intensified.

Now…

Annabelle is running. Running from the pain and the tragedy from the past year. With only Grandpa Ed and the journal she fills with words she can’t speak out loud, Annabelle runs from Seattle to Washington, DC, and toward a destination she doesn’t understand but is determined to reach. With every beat of her heart, every stride of her feet, Annabelle steps closer to healing—and the strength she discovers within herself to let love and hope back into her life.

Annabelle’s journey is the ultimate testament to the human heart, and how it goes on after being broken.

About Deb Caletti

Deb Caletti is the award-winning and critically acclaimed author of over sixteen books for adults and young adults, including Honey, Baby, Sweetheart, a finalist for the National Book Award; A Heart in a Body in the World, a Michael L. Printz Honor Book; Girl, Unframed; and One Great Lie. Her books have also won the Josette Frank Award for Fiction, the Washington State Book Award, and numerous other state awards and honors, and she was a finalist for the PEN USA Award. She lives with her family in Seattle.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Melanie

“She survived something big, and when you survive something big, you are always, always aware that next time you might not.” I can truly say, with every single ounce of my heart, that this is one of the best books I’ve ever read in my entire life. It’s so quiet, but so loud. It’s so heart......more

Goodreads review by Chelsea

Re-read 7/28/20: This book is just as powerful on re-read as it was the first time. My heart is aching. This is such a hard read, but I love this book so, so much. Original read 10/9/18: This book is beautiful and haunting and powerful and I’m just 😭😭😭 maybe I’ll come back to write a more coherent re......more

Goodreads review by Christy

4.5 stars She can't truly outrun her future, but you can't tell her body that. This is one of the most powerful and important books I’ve read all year. It’s truly one of those books that I think is a must-read for all readers. A Heart in a Body in the World is a story about tragedy, but also, sur......more

***Recommended reads for the tough times! Uplifting and beautiful. Regarding the theme it handled, this book came out as nurturing and hopeful. This is the kind of book which makes you feel like you have just met a stranger out of nowhere but you need to know this stranger bit by bit, slow and meaning......more