Author: Gabrielle Zevin I know this book has been out for a while, but it's new to me and I think it sounds like such an interesting concept. I can't wait to get my hands on it.
Description: Welcome to Elsewhere. It is warm, with a breeze, and the beaches are marvelous. It’s quiet and peaceful. You can’t get sick or any older. Curious to see new paintings by Picasso? Swing by one of Elsewhere’s museums. Need to talk to someone about your problems? Stop by Marilyn Monroe’s psychiatric practice. Elsewhere is where fifteen-year-old Liz Hall ends up, after she has died. It is a place so like Earth, yet completely different. Here Liz will age backward from the day of her death until she becomes a baby again and returns to Earth. But Liz wants to turn sixteen, not fourteen again. She wants to get her driver’s license. She wants to graduate from high school and go to college. And now that she’s dead, Liz is being forced to live a life she doesn’t want with a grandmother she has only just met. And it is not going well. How can Liz let go of the only life she has ever known and embrace a new one? Is it possible that a life lived in reverse is no different from a life lived forward?
Waiting on Wednesday is hosted by Jill at Breaking the Spine.
8 comments:
Oh no, I've just added one more book on my never ending wish list :) This books sounds good!
Here's what I'm waiting for.
Very interesting - I'm looking this one up. Good pick. Here are mine: (1) (2)
Doesn't this book sound amazing? I can't wait to read it.
I read this one awhile ago (I'd give you a copy, but I checked it out from the library!)
I really liked it. It's totally worth the read. It's very sweet, but sad as well.
love the crystal ball and snowglobe effect image on the cover.
How funny! I just mentioned this book on my blog yesterday! http://missysbooknook.blogspot.com
You have an award over at my blog. (:
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