The Art of Not Breathing

Name: The Art of Not Breathing
Brand: Dreamscape Media
Availability: InStock
Author: Sarah Alexander
ISBN: 9781666585278

Author: Sarah Alexander

Narrator: Colleen Prendergast

Unabridged: 8 hr 20 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Dreamscape Media

Published: 05/10/2016

Categories: Children's Fiction, Children's Social Themes, Young Adult Fiction, Social Themes

Synopsis

Since her twin brother, Eddie, drowned five years ago, sixteen-year-old Elsie Main has tried to remember what really happened that fateful day on the beach. One minute Eddie was there, and the next he was gone. Seventeen-year-old Tay McKenzie is a cute and mysterious boy that Elsie meets in her favorite boathouse hangout. When Tay introduces Elsie to the world of freediving, she vows to find the answers she seeks at the bottom of the sea.

About Sarah Alexander

Sarah Alexander earned a Master's degree in Creative Writing from London's Birkbeck College in 2013. Some previous jobs include: tomato picker, travel consultant, mental-health support worker and suitcase administrator. Sarah lives in London with her husband and two chickens. THE ART OF NOT BREATHING is her first novel.

About Colleen Prendergast

Colleen Prendergast has narrated over sixty audiobooks, including thrillers, chick lit, period sagas, and contemporary fiction. A graduate of the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art, her stage work includes The Mortal Ash at the Bush Theatre and The Comedy of Errors at the Nuffield Southampton, and her television work includes Chandler and Co and The Lightning Kid.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Jenna on August 28, 2017

3.5/5 stars 5 years ago Eddie drowned. 5 years ago Elsie's life turned upside down. She cannot remember the details of that fateful day and it haunts her. She still talks to her deceased twin brother, to her, he's always with her. There are so many secrets and mysteries about that day that Elsie simp......more

Goodreads review by Carole on October 23, 2017

This review can also be found at Carole's Random Life in Books. I liked this book. I have had a review copy of this book for about a year and a half and put it off after I started seeing mixed reviews. That was a mistake because this book worked really well for me. It is a rather short book but I thi......more

Goodreads review by Janet on December 31, 2015

Woaw. That's all I could say or even THINK, upon reading the final page of this gritty, gut-tearing, phenomenally-messy (in the best way) debut. From page one, I was gripped by Elsie's story. She's a shlob. And she knows it. And though she's not necessarily cool w/it. That doesn't mean she isn't coo......more

Goodreads review by Amy on December 19, 2015

This is one of *those* books...the kind you can't put down. The kind you keep thinking about long after you're finished. The kind you want to read again and again. Focusing on the fallout of a traumatic event five years prior, The Art of Not Breathing drew me in from the first chapter, and I became......more

Goodreads review by Sara on July 14, 2015

Couldn't put this one down. Review forthcoming!......more