This Song Will Save Your Life

Name: This Song Will Save Your Life
Brand: Penguin Random House
Availability: InStock
Rating: 5 (1 reviews)
Author: Leila Sales
ISBN: 9780553395822

Author: Leila Sales

Narrator: Rebecca Lowman

Unabridged: 8 hr 15 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Listening Library

Published: 05/27/2014

Categories: Young Adult Fiction, Social Themes, Performing Arts

Includes: Bonus Material Bonus Material Included

Synopsis

Making friends has never been Elise Dembowski’s strong suit. All throughout her life, she’s been the butt of every joke and the outsider in every conversation. When a final attempt at popularity fails, Elise nearly gives up. Then she stumbles upon a warehouse party where she meets Vicky, a girl in a band who accepts her; Char, a cute, yet mysterious disc jockey; Pippa, a carefree spirit from England; and most importantly, a love for DJing.

Told in a refreshingly genuine and laugh-out-loud funny voice, Leila Sales' THIS SONG WILL SAVE YOUR LIFE is an exuberant novel about identity, friendship, and the power of music to bring people together.

Includes a PDF playlist of recommended music.

About The Author

Leila Sales is the author of the novels Mostly Good Girls, Past Perfect, and This Song Will Save Your Life. She grew up outside of Boston, Massachusetts, and graduated with a degree in psychology from the University of Chicago. Much like the characters in This Song Will Save Your Life, Leila regularly stays up too late and listens to music too loud. When she's not writing, she spends her time thinking about sleeping, kittens, chocolate, and the meaning of life. But mostly chocolate. Leila lives and writes in Brooklyn, New York, and works in children's book publishing. Follow her @LeilaSalesBooks on Twitter.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Emily May

"Don't be special." That's what I would say to my younger self if I could pinpoint the moment when I went astray. But there was no one moment. I was always astray. Uh oh. Brace yourself, fellow fiction lovers, I'm about to tell you a true story. My own, in fact. ^So, I was kind of a weird kid. And I......more

Goodreads review by Elle

So, fun fact: this is the first book I ever read with a character named Elise who wasn't an Archetypal Mean Girl. And oddly enough, this Elise is one of the most relatable characters I've ever read about. She's so much like me, like any of us who didn't grow up popular, that it's almost terrifying.......more

Goodreads review by Giselle

What an amazing, awe-inspiring book! This Song Will Save Your Life is emotional and beautiful; a story that will bring out your happy-tears by its conclusion! Once in a while there are books where you get to fully and completely connect to the main character to such a degree that you experience it al......more