Im Not Missing, Carrie Fountain
Im Not Missing, Carrie Fountain
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I'm Not Missing
A Novel

Author: Carrie Fountain

Narrator: Rebecca Soler

Unabridged: 10 hr 26 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 07/10/2018

Synopsis

From award-winning poet Carrie Fountain comes a debut audiobook set in Las Cruces, New Mexico, about a half-Latina girl stepping outside of the shadow of her best friend.

It’s senior year, and Miranda Black’s best friend, Syd, has run away—suddenly and inexplicably, leaving behind nothing but a pink leopard print cell phone with a text message from the mysterious HIM. Everyone wants to know why Syd left, but the truth is, Miranda has no idea. When Miranda’s mother abandoned her as a child, Miranda had found shelter in her friendship with Syd, who wore her own motherlessness like a badge of honor. Now Miranda’s been left behind again, left to untangle the questions of why Syd left, where she is—and if she’s even a friend worth saving, all while stumbling into first love with the most unlikely boy in school. How do you take on the future when it feels like so much of your past wasn’t even real?

Praise for I'm Not Missing:

“I savored and cherished this funny, tender, poetic novel about yearning, love, loss, ambition, and the big questions of life.” —Margo Rabb, author of Kissing in America and Cures for Heartbreak

“This book has won my heart.” —Naomi Shihab Nye, author of Habibi

About Carrie Fountain

Carrie Fountain’s poems have appeared in Tin House, Poetry, and The New Yorker, among others. Her debut collection, Burn Lake, was a National Poetry Series winner and was published in 2010 by Penguin. Her second collection, Instant Winner, was published by Penguin in 2014. I'm Not Missing is her debut novel. Born and raised in Mesilla, New Mexico, Fountain received her MFA as a fellow at the James A. Michener Center for Writers at the University of Texas at Austin. Currently writer-in-residence at St. Edward's University, she lives in Austin with her husband, playwright and novelist Kirk Lynn, and their two children.

About Rebecca Soler

Rebecca Soler is a film and voiceover actress who won a 2009 AudioFile Earphones Award for her narration of After by Amy Efaw. Her audiobook credits include work by authors such as Judy Blume, James Patterson and Sarah Dessen. Soler has also narrated the popular young adult series The Lunar Chronicles by Marissa Meyer. Her voice over credits include various video games, like Star Wars: The Old Republic and Red Dead Redemption and television shows such as Pokemon, Yu-Gi-Oh, and Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles. She lives in New York City.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Berit☀️✨ on December 28, 2018

I’m gone, I’m not missing. This was a compelling story about Miranda’s search for her best friend and in doing so finding herself... A heartwarming and heartbreaking story full of friendship, family, and love....We really had a comprehensive look at love in this book, familial love, platonic lov......more

Goodreads review by Nev on September 25, 2021

3.5 - This felt like a very unique YA contemporary. It’s part mystery because Miranda’s best friend Syd runs away near the beginning of the book and Miranda wants to know where she is and what made her leave. But the majority of the book is more focused on a coming of age story about Miranda getting......more

Goodreads review by PinkAmy loves books, cats and naps on July 12, 2018

DNF (skimmed to the end) For me to enjoy a story with friendship as a central theme, I have to buy into the plausibility of the friendship. Aside from both girls having been abandoned by their mothers, I saw no affinity between Miranda and Syd. Miranda’s narration told of camaraderie, but it was neve......more

Goodreads review by Samantha (WLABB) on July 12, 2018

After a display of bizarre behavior, Miranda's best friend, Syd, disappeared. "I'm not missing. I'm gone." This was the note Syd left for her father, but it was a crushing blow to Miranda, who was already dealing with prior desertions. Syd was her guide, her best friend, and supporter, and now Mirand......more

Goodreads review by Julie on July 28, 2018

I devoured the second half of this book and I can't stop thinking about it. The conversations around grief and friendship and agency this book inspires are just. Remarkable. I loved it so much.......more

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