The Quiet Part Out Loud, Deborah Crossland
The Quiet Part Out Loud, Deborah Crossland
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The Quiet Part Out Loud

Author: Deborah Crossland

Narrator: Piper Goodeve, Ali Andre Ali

Unabridged: 10 hr 10 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 06/27/2023


Synopsis

A Good Morning America Buzz Pick

For fans of You’ve Reached Sam and A Heart in a Body in the World, this “moving and powerful” (Laura Namey Taylor, New York Times bestselling author of A Cuban Girl’s Guide to Tea and Tomorrow) teen novel follows an ex-couple as they struggle to reunite in the wake of a devastating earthquake.

High school sweethearts Mia Clementine and Alfie Thanasis had a plan to escape their town for college in the east. Mia would leave her hard-core evangelical home for Sarah Lawrence College, and Alfie would have a new place to pursue his three loves: baseball, poetry, and Mia. But when Alfie got offered a scholarship to the University of San Francisco the same week the entire town found out about Mia’s mom’s affair with their church’s pastor, Mia’s world imploded and she pushed everyone away…including Alfie.

Five months after the worst summer ever, Mia is crashing at her best friend’s dorm at San Francisco State, just a few miles away from the University of San Francisco, praying she never runs into the boy whose heart she broke. And Alfie is trying to make the most of his freshman year while struggling to reconcile with the abrupt ending of his first love.

When Mia and Alfie’s paths cross for the briefest of moments, Mia realizes she never should have let him go and Alfie’s suppressed memories and feelings boil to the surface. But their reunion is cut short when a massive earthquake rocks San Francisco, leaving them to stumble desperately across the rubble in search of the ex they still love before the city crumbles—taking one, or both, of them with it.

About Deborah Crossland

Deborah Crossland teaches English and mythology at her local community college, studies mythology and depth psychology in her PhD program, and writes myth-based, contemporary novels for young adults. She is also a founding board member of the nonprofit Fernweh Collective, which focuses on cultural education through experiential learning. You can find her talking all things myth on Fernweh Collective’s happy hour video on YouTube. She lives in Northern California with her husband and her daughter’s very spoiled retired service dog.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Mai on June 28, 2023

Imagine my surprise when this came in the mail. I didn't remember requesting it. Are we at that point that publishers just send books to the house? In that case, more own voices adult literature, and less of what this is, please. Or maybe I shouldn't complain. Who compared this to You've Reached Sam?......more

Goodreads review by Katie on June 30, 2023

3.75 stars Sometimes you need to reach the destination in order to appreciate the journey. It was a bumpy reading experience but in the end I liked this book and the fact the author went out on a limb. Mia and Alfie dated in high school but are no longer a couple. In fact, they haven't seen or spoken......more

Goodreads review by Quill&Queer on July 04, 2023

While this was beautiful and sad and I kinda get what the author was trying to do, these teenagers were so extra it was hard to take them seriously. I understood that Mia had strict parents but the way her and Alfie acted like she was raised in a religious cult was a little OTT. Following Mia as she......more

Goodreads review by Jacqueline on September 03, 2022

I was lucky enough to read an early copy of this, one of the most amazing perks of being part of the author community. With thanks to the author and publisher. . The Quiet Part Out Loud is a thoughtful, layered coming of age story in which two college-age teens reflect upon their high school relations......more

Goodreads review by Erin on July 04, 2023

3.75! I got sent this book and here is my honest review: Okay first off, this was a refreshing book, because its a good concept?? The main girl sees her ex for the first time in months ever since high school. She runs off scared, and ends up getting a letter from him that was written when they first......more