Running Past Dark, Han Nolan
Running Past Dark, Han Nolan
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Running Past Dark

Author: Han Nolan

Narrator: Tina Wolstencroft

Unabridged: 9 hr 21 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Tantor Media

Published: 03/19/2024


Synopsis

What happens to the twin left behind?

Scottie O'Doul isn't looking forward to starting her senior year. Last May, her identical twin sister, Cait, died in a car crash involving the school's beloved football coach. There's been no official report on the accident yet, but before she died, Cait told Scottie a disturbing secret. When Scottie reveals this secret, half the town turns against her, certain that Scottie is lying to protect her sister and that Cait deliberately lost control of the car.

Scottie knows her twin would never take her own life, or someone else's, but how can she prove it? As she faces bullying and hostility at school, she starts to wonder if what Cait said was even true. Turning to running to break through her grief, Scottie finds a new world and a new sense of self outside her twinness. She also reconnects with her old boyfriend, who had a terrible accident of his own the same day Cait died. Could there be a connection?

As she runs mile after mile, Scottie keeps trying to fit the jigsaw pieces together and find the true picture of what happened to Cait and what was really going on at school before the crash.

About Han Nolan

Han Nolan is a critically acclaimed author of books for teenagers. She won the National Book Award for Dancing on the Edge and was a National Book Award finalist for Send Me Down a Miracle. Some of her other books include If I Should Die Before I Wake, Born Blue, Crazy, and Running Past Dark. She lives in Virginia, where she is on the faculty of Hollins College's MFA program.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Paula

Scottie is ostracized and tormented in her small town after her twin dies in a car crash with their small town's hero coach - because the twin told Scottie that she'd been raped by Coach. In between bouts of self-harm and bullying, Scottie lets her big mouth commit to an ultramarathon. In order to s......more

Goodreads review by Spiri

this really also needs to include a tw for self-harm at the start & in my arc copy the formatting was skewered for part of the second half of the book. Besides for that, this was a good intriguing read and I liked that the main character was in therapy. I liked the running journey & the mystery. Man......more

Goodreads review by Ev

I loved this story so much! Not only did it have a good mystery and lots of suspense, but it also had an uplifting ending. The story was not just a mystery story, but also a story about hope. It was both a very sad book but also a feel-good story.......more

Goodreads review by RILEY

The book did a great job of delving into the complexities of mental health and how it can affect relationships and daily life. The characters felt very real and relatable, making the emotions and struggles they experienced feel authentic and raw. The themes of resilience, healing, and finding strength......more