Falling into Place, Amy Zhang
Falling into Place, Amy Zhang
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Falling into Place

Author: Amy Zhang

Narrator: Julia Whelan

Unabridged: 5 hr 22 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 09/09/2014

Synopsis

One cold fall day, high school junior Liz Emerson steers her car into a tree. This haunting and heartbreaking story is told by a surprising and unexpected narrator and unfolds in nonlinear flashbacks even as Liz's friends, foes, and family gather at the hospital and Liz clings to life. This riveting debut will appeal to fans of Before I Fall, by Lauren Oliver, and 13 Reasons Why, by Jay Asher."On the day Liz Emerson tries to die, they had reviewed Newton's laws of motion in physics class. Then, after school, she put them into practice by running her Mercedes off the road." Why did Liz Emerson decide that the world would be better off without her? Why did she give up? The nonlinear novel pieces together the short and devastating life of Meridian High's most popular junior girl. Mass, acceleration, momentum, force—Liz didn't understand it in physics, and even as her Mercedes hurtles toward the tree, she doesn't understand it now. How do we impact one another? How do our actions reverberate? What does it mean to be a friend? To love someone? To be a daughter? Or a mother? Is life truly more than cause and effect? Amy Zhang's haunting and universal story will appeal to fans of Lauren Oliver, Gayle Forman, and Jay Asher.

About Amy Zhang

Amy Zhang was born in China and moved to the United States when she was a young girl. She grew up in Wisconsin and recently graduated from college. She is the author of Falling into Place and This is Where the World Ends, and she currently lives in Brooklyn, New York.

About Julia Whelan

Julia Whelan is a screenwriter, lifelong actor, and award-winning audiobook narrator. She graduated with a degree in English and creative writing from Middlebury College and Oxford University. While she was in England, her flirtation with tea blossomed into a full-blown love affair, culminating in her eventual certification as a tea master. 

Reviews

Goodreads review by Aj the Ravenous Reader on December 17, 2015

And some books leave you swimming in your own tears. This book falls under the latter. For the record, this is the first book ever that put me in tears from start to finish. My nose has turned ugly red from excessive blowing and wiping. This is one heck of a sad and heartbreaking story. Nobody told......more

Goodreads review by Maureen on June 14, 2016

TRIGGER WARNING: SUICIDE, DEPRESSION, & BULLYING Even though that was an audiobook, I sped through pretty fast. This is heartbreakingly beautiful and so well written. It's kind of like an If I Stay without the out of body experience, and I enjoyed it SO MUCH MORE than that. Liz Emerson is your typical......more

Goodreads review by Giselle on November 03, 2014

I was so torn on rating this one. While I truly enjoyed the writing and the depth of the story itself is incredible, I really did not like the main character. I realize she is a character we're not supposed to like, per se. She's not likeable, period. But contrary to many books I've read with unlike......more

Goodreads review by Melanie on October 22, 2014

I ugly cried.......more

Goodreads review by Tiff on September 15, 2014

Review originally posted at Mostly YA Lit So many publishers and bloggers recommended this one that it was at the top of my BEA list - and I'm so grateful that I've read it. You've probably heard the premise by now. Liz Emerson is a queen bee at her high school, the kind of popular Mean Girl that you......more

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