“It was the moment I realized what music can do to people, how it can make you hurt and feel so good all at once.”
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An arresting story about starting over after a friend's suicide, froma breakthrough new voice in YA fictiondear caitlin, there are so many things that i want so badly to tell you but i just can't.Devastating, hopeful, hopeless, playful...in words and illustrations, Ingrid left behind a painful farewell in her journal for Caitlin. Now Caitlin is left alone, by loss and by choice, struggling to find renewed hope in the wake of her best friend's suicide. With the help of family and newfound friends, Caitlin will encounter first love, broaden her horizons, and start to realize that true friendship didn't die with Ingrid. And the journal which once seemed only to chronicle Ingrid's descent into depression, becomes the tool by which Caitlin once again reaches out to all those who loved Ingrid—and Caitlin herself
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Nina LaCour
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“It was the moment I realized what music can do to people, how it can make you hurt and feel so good all at once.”
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“It isn't the happy ending Ingrid and I had dreamed up, but it's all a part of what I'm working through. The way life changes. The way people and things disappear. Then appear, unexpectedly,...”
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“You might be looking for reasons but there are no reasons.”
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“There used to be days that I thought I was okay, or at least that I was going to be. We'd be hanging out somewhere and everything would just fit right and I would think 'it will be okay if i...”
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“dear today, i spend all of you pretending i'm okay when i'm not, pretending i'm happy when i'm not, pretending about everything to everyone.”
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“I don't want to hurt you or anybody so please forget about me. Just try. Find yourself a better friend.”
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“He wipes tears off my face and then snot. He uses his hands. He loves me that much.”
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“I’ll make a swing so I can reach the places I can’t reach yet.”
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