Letters From The Ledge - Couverture souple

Meyers, Lynda

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 0984939423 ISBN 13 : 9780984939428

Editeur : Hallway 11, 2018

Synopsis

Every night he comes to the ledge.
So far, he hasn’t jumped.

Sarah watches him from her window, unable to look away.
Will tonight will be the night that his body hurtles through space and crashes to the ground in a failed attempt to fly?

Standing between heaven and hell, life and death, eighteen-year-old Brendan massages the ledge, arms outstretched, contemplating death.
Cutting isn’t cutting it. Drugs can’t numb the pain. His best friend is dead, and his wealthy parents are nothing like the polished image they show the rest of the world. Between his father's abuse and his mother's alcoholic neglect, their Manhattan penthouse feels more like a prison than a home.

Paige and Nate are watch from the fire escape, teetering on the edge after a brutal rape has shattered their life together. Watching is one thing, but how they can stand by and do nothing?

When they all meet in their everyday lives, things get complicated, turning the night-time voyeurism into a day-to-day game of life and death.

Can Brendan get past Tess’ suicide and find a way forward?

Can Sarah find the courage to confront him?

Will Nate get to him in time?

This hauntingly beautiful coming of age tale will make you laugh, cry, rage and cheer. We are all human, all fallible, and all want to believe the lies we tell ourselves.

A propos du livre

Présentation de l'éditeur

Winner of the Next Generation Indie Book Awards, 2012 for Young Adult Fiction

Honorable Mention at the 2012 New York Book Festival

Runner Up - 2012 Hollywood Book Festival

Still reeling from the suicide of his best friend Tess, seventeen-year old Brendan struggles to overcome addiction and identity issues. Walking the ledge outside his Manhattan apartment has become its own sort of drug, as he stands night after night with his arms outstretched, ready to fly away.

Sarah can see him from her window, and begins journaling about a boy on a ledge. Paige and Nate, a young couple in another building, can see both teens from their fire escape.

None of them know the others are watching, but a strong desire for freedom resides in each of them, and as their lives begin to intertwine, that desire will be tested.

Three buildings. One city block. Three stories. One common thread.

Sharp, humorous, and deeply layered, this chronicle of a suicidal teen’s survival explores the reality of addiction and other tough issues, but does so easily, through the use of multiple perspectives, intelligent dialogue and authentic characters. Equal parts romance, contemporary drama, and coming of age, this highly engaging and intensely beautiful novel challenges our cultural perceptions in the battle for balance.

From The Back Cover:

"When I was a kid I used to dream about being a pilot. I had a bunch of model airplanes and I would fly them off our balcony, then ride the elevator down and try to find them. Of course they were never there, so I figured once they left the balcony they must have become real airplanes–Pinocchio style. I know better now, but there’s a part of me that still wants to believe in miracles. When you make the leap, can you really become what everyone else says you can’t?" - Brendan

Biographie de l'auteur

Lynda Meyers is a multiple award-winning fiction author, blogger, and staff writer for Modern Moto Magazine, whose deep, authentic yet relatable style connects readers back to themselves. Born and raised in New York, Lynda has lived on both coasts as well as in Europe, and now lives and writes in the Pacific Northwest. Letters From The Ledge is the Winner of the 2012 Next Generation Indie Book Award for Young Adult. It was named runner up at the Hollywood Book Festival and received an honorable mention at the New York Book Festival. Finn Again is Lynda's second novel. It won the Next Generation Indie Book Award for Fiction in 2017. Trulane, released in 2017, is the sequel to Finn Again and Book 2 in the Finding Home series. The two books can be read in either order or as stand alone novels. For more information, excerpts and news please visit Lynda's website at: www.createdtofly.com

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Hallway 11
• Date d'édition: 2018
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0984939423
• ISBN 13: 9780984939428
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 396
• Coordonnées du fabricant: Printed by Amazon on behalf of the author; https://www.amazon.fr/hz/contact-us; ; c/o Amazon Media EU S.à.r.l., 38 Avenue John F. Kennedy; Luxembourg; L-1855; Luxembourg