Never Said, Carol Lynch Williams
Never Said, Carol Lynch Williams
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Never Said

Author: Carol Lynch Williams

Narrator: Elise Arsenault

Unabridged: 4 hr 15 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Tantor Media

Published: 08/25/2015


Synopsis

For as long as she can remember, Sarah's family life has revolved around her twin sister, Annie—the pretty one, the social one, the girl who can do anything. The person everyone seems to wish Sarah—with her crippling shyness—could simply become.

When Annie suddenly chops off her hair, quits beauty pageants, and gains weight, the focus changes—Annie is still the star of the family, but for all the wrong reasons. Sarah knows something has happened, but she too is caught in her own spiral after her boyfriend breaks up with her and starts hanging out with one of Annie's old friends.

Annie is intent on keeping her painful secret safe. But when she and Sarah start spending time together again for the first time in years, walls start to break on both sides . . . and words that had been left unsaid could change everything.

About Carol Lynch Williams

Carol Lynch Williams is the award-winning author of numerous books, including The Chosen One, Miles from Ordinary, and If I Forget, You Remember. She has an MFA in writing for children and young adults from Vermont College and won the prestigious PEN/Phyllis Naylor Working Writer Fellowship. Her books have been featured on numerous lists of recommended YA fiction and named one of the ALA's Quick Picks for Reluctant Young Adult Readers and Best Books for Young Adult Readers. She also won the Whitney and the Association of Mormon Letters awards for the best young adult novel of the year. She is a graduate of the Vermont College MFA program. She facilitates the children's writing conferences at Utah Valley University and Brigham Young University. Carol lives in Utah with her family.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Cheryl

I agree with other readers that the subject matter featured in this book is a serious topic that affects not just women but guys as well. People need to be able to have a voice and know it is ok to speak out and ask for help. Luckily, I have not encountered this situation that Annie dealt with. Howe......more

Goodreads review by Hazel

Actual rating: 3.5......more

Annie never said what troubled her so much. Instead, she just started eating junk, turning her beauty pageant body into the unrecognizable twin. Her parents are devastated and can't stop telling her how "ugly" she looks. But her twin sister, Sarah, suspects more. Why does Annie seem so preoccupied......more

Goodreads review by Jalynn

About the Book: For as long as she can remember, Sarah’s family life has revolved around her twin sister, Annie—the pretty one, the social one, the girl who can do anything. The person everyone seems to wish Sarah—with her crippling shyness—could simply become. When Annie suddenly chops off her hair,......more