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A Heart in a Body in the World

Name: A Heart in a Body in the World
Brand: Simon Pulse
SKU: 9781481415200
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A Heart in a Body in the World

Hardcover – September 18, 2018

by Deb Caletti (Author)

“This is one for the ages.” —Gayle Forman, author of the #1 bestseller If I Stay

Each step on Annabelle’s 2,700 mile cross-country run brings her closer to facing a trauma from her past in National Book Award finalist Deb Caletti’s novel about the heart, all the ways it breaks, and its journey to healing. Because sometimes against our will, against all odds, we go forward.

When everything has been taken from you, what else is there to do but run?

So that’s what Annabelle does—she runs from Seattle to Washington, DC, through mountain passes and suburban landscapes, from long lonely roads to college towns. She’s not ready to think about the whyyet, just the how—muscles burning, heart pumping, feet pounding the earth. But no matter how hard she tries, she can’t outrun the tragedy from the past year, or the person—The Taker—that haunts her.

Followed by Grandpa Ed in his RV and backed by her brother and two friends (her self-appointed publicity team), Annabelle becomes a reluctant activist as people connect her journey to the trauma from her past. Her cross-country run gains media attention and she is cheered on as she crosses state borders, and is even thrown a block party and given gifts. The support would be nice, if Annabelle could escape the guilt and the shame from what happened back home. They say it isn’t her fault, but she can’t feel the truth of that.

Through welcome and unwelcome distractions, she just keeps running, to the destination that awaits her. There, she’ll finally face what lies behind her—the miles and love and loss…and what is to come.

About the Author

Deb Caletti is an award-winning author and National Book Award finalist. Her many books for young adults include Stay; The Nature of Jade; and Honey, Baby, Sweetheart, winner of the Washington State Book Award and the PNBA Best Book Award, and a finalist for the PEN USA Award. Her books for adults include He’s Gone and her latest release, The Secrets She Keeps. She lives with her family in Seattle.

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Hardcover: 368 pages
Publisher: Simon Pulse (September 18, 2018)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 9781481415200
ISBN-13: 978-1481415200
ASIN: 1481415204
Product Dimensions: 5.5 x 1.2 x 8.2 inches
Shipping Weight: 15.7 ounces

A Heart in a Body in the World

A Heart in a Body in the World

Hardcover – September 18, 2018

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