
Genre: Contemporary
Release Date: January 28th, 2014
Publisher: Delacorte Press
Source: Publisher
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When high school senior Paul Wagoner walks into his school library with a stolen gun, he threatens his girlfriend Emily Beam, then takes his own life. In the wake of the tragedy, an angry and guilt-ridden Emily is shipped off to boarding school in Amherst, Massachusetts, where she encounters a ghostly presence who shares her name. The spirit of Emily Dickinson and two quirky girls offer helping hands, but it is up to Emily to heal her own damaged self.
This inventive story, told in verse and in prose, paints the aftermath of tragedy as a landscape where there is good behind the bad, hope inside the despair, and springtime under the snow.
Glad you liked it! I have an ARC of this on my kindle but I’ve read some reviews that said it was extremely boring, so now I’m a bit more reassured. I hope I can get to it soon as well. ๐
And We Stay sounds like an extremely moving novel. I’ll keep my eye out for it. Thanks for the review.
I have this book on my TBR list but after reading your review, I am definitely making it a point to read this sooner!
You have to really be a solid writer to take a topic like this one and make it central to Emily and her development and growth and emotion. It sounds fantastic!
I loved And We Stay so much. I was so prepared to be disappointed because I’m not that big of a fan of verse but I was so pleasantly surprised. I loved the poems in AWS and I loved the story and I love the lack of romance.
Aly @ My Heart Hearts Books