The Impossible Knife of Memory, Laurie Halse Anderson
The Impossible Knife of Memory, Laurie Halse Anderson
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The Impossible Knife of Memory

Author: Laurie Halse Anderson

Narrator: Julia Whelan, Luke Daniels

Unabridged: 9 hr 9 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 01/07/2014

Synopsis

For the past five years, Hayley Kincaid and her father, Andy, have been on the road, never staying long in one place as he struggles to escape the demons that have tortured him since his return from Iraq. Now they are back in the town where he grew up so Hayley can attend school. Perhaps, for the first time, Hayley can have a normal life, put aside her own painful memories, even have a relationship with Finn, the hot guy who obviously likes her but is hiding secrets of his own. Will being back home help Andy’s PTSD, or will his terrible memories drag him to the edge of hell, and drugs push him over? The Impossible Knife of Memory is Laurie Halse Anderson at her finest: compelling, surprising, and impossible to put down.

About Laurie Halse Anderson

Laurie Halse Anderson is an award-winning, New York Times bestselling author. Her first novel, Speak, was a National Book Award finalist and a Michael L. Printz Honor Book and established her as an important new voice in American literature. It is that rare thing, a contemporary classic. In the years since its publication, it has passed from hand to hand and changed countless lives. Speak was followed by four other highly acclaimed contemporary novels: Catalyst, Prom, Twisted, and Wintergirls. She is the recipient of the Margaret Edwards Award, and she has been honored by the National Coalition Against Censorship for her efforts to combat censoring of literature. Laurie and her husband live in northern New York State.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Thomas on August 30, 2016

As someone who wrote an entire research paper on the importance of YA fiction and the genius of Laurie Halse Anderson, I own up to my bias. The Impossible Knife of Memory captures so much of what I love about young-adult contemporary and realistic fiction. It possesses a witty and cynical narrator,......more

Goodreads review by Kristine on May 06, 2014

On April 20, 1999, I was a senior in high school. My friends and I had returned from lunch and I was sitting in Chemistry class. My teacher got a phone call and said there'd been a shooting in Colorado and she was going to turn on the news on the TV. We were in mountain time zone so we watched live......more

Goodreads review by Melanie on June 29, 2015

See more reviews at YA Midnight Reads At first, I thought I was a black sheep. Most of my friends loved this book, cried over it, still in a book hangover just thinking of this novel. But a few days upon finishing The Impossible Knife of Memory, I took a quick peek at the ratings on Goodreads. I won'......more

Goodreads review by emma on August 17, 2021

life has its perfect combinations. peanut butter and jelly, peanut butter and chocolate...peanut butter and bananas...peanut butter and apples. okay, maybe peanut butter is just good. but another of those classic pairings? the year 2014 and the endless, unceasing production of young adult contemporar......more

Goodreads review by Ingrid on January 28, 2014

I've hit a bit of a rough patch with books. For the past month, many of the books I've read have been kind of okay, lame, or just confusing. At least two books this month I've been unsure of whether I liked them or didn't, because they had issues, but had beauty. This is another book that I'm not su......more

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