You Dont Live Here, Robyn Schneider
You Dont Live Here, Robyn Schneider
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You Don't Live Here

Author: Robyn Schneider

Narrator: Jennifer Jill Araya

Unabridged: 8 hr 51 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: HarperCollins

Published: 06/02/2020


Synopsis

Robyn Schneider, author of The Beginning of Everything, delivers a witty and heartbreaking tale of first love, second beginnings, and last chances in this timely and authentic bisexual coming-of-age story, perfect for fans of Becky Albertalli and Adam Silvera.In Southern California, no one lives more than thirty miles from the nearest fault line. Sasha Bloom is standing right on top of one when her world literally crumbles around her. With her mother now dead and father out of the picture, Sasha moves in with her estranged grandparents.Living in her mom’s old bedroom, Sasha has no idea who she is anymore. Luckily, her grandparents are certain they know who she should be: A lawyer in the making. Ten pounds skinnier. In a socially advantageous relationship with a boy from a good family—a boy like Cole Edwards.And Cole has ideas for who Sasha should be, too. His plus one at lunch. His girlfriend. His.Sasha tries to make everything work, but that means folding away her love of photography, her grief for her mother, and he growing interest in the magnificently clever Lily Chen. Sasha wants to follow Lily off the beaten path, to discover hidden beaches, secret menus, and the truth about dinosaur pee.But being friends with Lily might lead somewhere new. Is Sasha willing to stop being the girl everyone expects and let the girl beneath the surface breath through?

About Robyn Schneider

Robyn Schneider is the bestselling author of The Beginning of Everything, Extraordinary Means, and Invisible Ghosts, which have earned numerous starred reviews, appeared on many state reading lists, and been published in over a dozen countries. She is a graduate of Columbia University, where she studied creative writing, and the University of Pennsylvania Perelman School of Medicine, where she earned a master of bioethics. She lives in Los Angeles, California, but also on the internet. You can find her at www.robynschneider.com.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Alexa Blart, Library Cop on May 05, 2021

Ooooh this was a toughie. About halfway through listening to this I thought FOR SURE it was gonna be a 2/3-star read, because I just found it so incredibly frustrating. The main character was passive, the people in her life were uniformly terrible, and while the portrayal of grief was very well-hand......more

Goodreads review by dawn on August 14, 2022

3.5 ✩ i really enjoyed this! so many parts were so relatable that my teen-self (and even present-day-self) felt seen and understood, which, to me, is an important part of YA lit. this story was heartwarming, while also heartbreaking, and that duality was compelling and kept me going. the gilmore girl......more

Goodreads review by Tris on November 08, 2020

This one made it clear to me I've really outgrown YA Contemporary. I'd always think, 16-year-olds aren't like that in real life, are they? And my teenage years aren't even that long ago... I'm glad for the representation but it kinda hurts to see a pattern in the very few stories made for us. She's......more

Goodreads review by ♥ Jasmine ♥ on October 20, 2020

This book is honestly one of the most underrated books I’ve ever seen. As someone who was just like the main character with exploring her sexuality, this book honestly really spoke out to me and it makes me proud that I’m true and proud of being bisexual. 💖💜💙......more