If I Stay

This sensitively written story of the power of love and loss presses all the right buttons . . . The intensity of feelings and tragic suddenness with which life changes will strike a chord with teenagers and the young at heart. Read it, as they say, and weep

Daily Mail

This is a wonderful, beautiful book; so gripping, so wise and oh, so heart-breakingly painful

A compulsive read

This is a haunting and heartbreaking novel reminiscent of The Lovely Bones . . . Impossible to put down

Bookseller

It reminded me very much of The Lovely Bones. I found it uplifting and satisfying

You really care about the characters and it makes you question what you would do in the same circumstances. My heart was in my mouth at the end of it

Beneath this dramatic storyline, which will resonate with older teen readers, Gayle Forman cleverly explores the fragility and uncertainty of life. She does so in an emotive and thoughtful manner that will persuade even the most cynical reader of the importance of friendship, family and love

Waterstone's Books Quarterly

Intensely moving, the novel will force readers to take stock of their lives and the people and things that make them worth living

Publishers Weekly (US)

The author endows the narrative with as much humor as poignancy and lays bare the challenges Mia has encountered in each of her relationships as well as the breakthroughs, leaving readers in suspense until the final bars

www.shelf-awareness.com

For the first few pages, If I Stay comes across like a light hearted story about a teenager, her love life and her kooky family, but from the moment Forman hits you with the devastatingly detached description of the aftermath of the crash, you know you've picked up something special

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