I Was Here

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From the #1 New York Times bestselling author of If I Stay comes an “irresistible tear jerker” (The New York Times) where a small-town girl seeks the truth behind her best friend’s suicide.

“An unflinchingly honest portrait of the bravery that it takes to live after devastating loss.”—Stephen Chbosky, author of the #1 New York Times bestselling The Perks of Being a Wallflower

It’s like she was my sun and then my sun went out . . .

When her charismatic best friend, Meg, drinks a bottle of industrial-strength cleaner alone in a motel room, a piece of Cody dies, too. Meg was everything to her. How could Cody not know? Determined to find out what really happened, Cody begins a dangerous search to the shadowy fringes of Meg’s life where she discovers some unsettling truths about friendship, secrets, forgiveness, and love.
From the #1 New York Times bestselling author of If I Stay comes an “irresistible tear jerker” (The New York Times) where a small-town girl seeks the truth behind her best friend’s suicide. “An unflinchingly honest portrait of the bravery that it takes to live after devastating loss.”—Stephen Ch...

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Debi Hagberg
February 15, 2015
This story isn't about suicide, or depression, or the evil in some people who thrive on others' hopelessness. It is about those who are still here; the ones left behind to grieve, to hurt, to be angry, to feel guilty, to wonder why. This story tells of one girl who looks so hard for the answer, not realizing she was looking in the wrong place all along. This is about the stigma of suicide, the shame that causes people to hide instead of reaching out. Thank you.
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Nadyali Soto
March 27, 2019
The book covers many everyday issues. From suicide, to the impacts of suicide for the loved ones left behind, to the somehow still positive things that can happen surrounding a suicide where new feelings and people can flourish, and finally closure. Very well written and it explains depression and its effects on the human psyche of the people suffering from depression and their loved ones.
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sara courser
March 10, 2017
It was literally the best book ever and anyone that says otherwise is stupid and has something wrong in the brain. Loved Cody, she was my fav character. It was such an amazing story line everyone should give it a 5 star rating it was so good. If you haven't read it yet I suggest you do cause it's amazing and I gf s my fav book so I wouldn't lie.
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About the author

Gayle Forman is an award-winning, internationally bestselling author and journalist. She is the author of Just One Day and Just One Year, and the companion e-novella Just One Night, as well as the New York Times bestsellers If I Stay and Where She Went. She lives in Brooklyn, New York, with her husband and daughters.
Gayle Forman is an award-winning, internationally bestselling author and journalist. She is the author of Just One Day and Just One Year, and the companion e-novella Just One Night, as well as the New York Times bestsellers If I Stay and Where She Went. She lives in Brooklyn, New York, with her h...

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