{"product_id":"a-year-to-the-day-isbn-9780062854438","title":"A Year to the Day","description":"\u003cp\u003eNational Book Award-winning and New York Times bestselling author Robin Benway returns with a story of love, loss, and sisterhood reminiscent of I’ll Give You the Sun and Every Day. Told in reverse chronological order, A Year to the Day will claim a permanent home in your heart.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIT’S BEEN A YEAR—A YEAR OF MISSING NINA\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e Leo can’t remember what happened the night of the accident. All she knows is that she left the party with her older sister, Nina, and Nina’s boyfriend, East. And now Nina is dead, killed by a drunk driver and leaving Leo with a hole inside her that’s impossible to fill.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e East, who loved Nina almost as much as Leo did, is the person who seems to most understand how she feels, and the two form a friendship based on their shared grief. But as she struggles to remember what happened, Leo discovers that East remembers every detail of the accident—and he won’t tell her anything about it. In fact, he refuses to talk about that night at all.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e As the days tumble one into the next, Leo’s story comes together while her world falls apart. How can she move on if she never knows what really happened that night? And is happiness even possible in a world without Nina?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eA Reverse Chronological Story:\u003c\/b\u003e Leo’s journey begins a year after the tragedy and works its way backward, piecing together the devastating truth of what happened the night she lost Nina.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eAmnesia and a Buried Secret:\u003c\/b\u003e She can’t remember the accident, but Nina’s boyfriend East can. As he refuses to talk, Leo must unravel the mystery of her own fractured memory.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eHer Sister’s Boyfriend:\u003c\/b\u003e The only person who understands Leo’s grief is East—the boy Nina loved. Their shared loss pulls them together, blurring the line between friendship and something more.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eHeartbreaking Sibling Grief:\u003c\/b\u003e A poignant and powerful exploration of sisterhood, what it means to lose your other half, and the struggle to find happiness in a world that feels broken.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e | \u003cp\u003e\"Suspense, unanswered questions, and raw emotion blend together in an honest examination of one family’s varying symptoms and stages of grief.\" - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"The intense magic of Benway’s storytelling will be most welcome to those who loved her \u003cem\u003eFar From the Tree\u003c\/em\u003e.\" - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eYouth Services Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"An emotional gut punch. Give this to empathetic readers who are ready for an emotional journey less about closure than understanding.\" - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eBulletin of the Center for Children’s Books\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Simultaneously gut-wrenching and heartening, as grief and love so often are. Its [\u003cem\u003eA Year to the Day\u003c\/em\u003e] unusual structure effectively relates a timeless story in a new and engaging way as Benway offers beautiful, profound reflections on loss, healing and forgiveness. Ultimately, Leo’s story is a lesson in self-compassion and hope, reminding readers that moving forward doesn’t mean forgetting the past, and although love can be painful, it’s worth holding on to.\" - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eBookPage (Starred Review)\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“If you’ve even once wept at NBC’s \u003cem\u003eThis Is Us\u003c\/em\u003e, you particularly owe it to yourself to pick this one up.”\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eNPR.org\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e“The book really is something special.”\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eWall Street Journal\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e“Readers will appreciate the explorations of family, stigma, and vulnerability. Benway is looking to follow in the Caroline Cooney footsteps of smart, realism-grounded stories.”\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eBulletin of the Center for Children’s Books\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"A moving exploration of grief in all its unpredictable messiness... An intelligent, compassionate examination of a family enduring a nightmare.\" - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"The backward chronology is a bold and worthy experiment... \u003cem\u003eA Year to the Day\u003c\/em\u003e is a moving exploration of how the mind both punishes and protects, and a reminder of how fortunate we are to love and be loved, even if only for a short time.\"  - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eNew York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Told in reverse chronological order, \u003cem\u003eA Year to the Day \u003c\/em\u003ewill claim a permanent home in your heart.\" - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eSchool Library Journal\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“Benway adeptly leads readers through a tale of love, loss, and self-discovery. Expect to cry real tears at this one.”\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eSchool Library Journal\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e“\u003cem\u003eFar from the Tree\u003c\/em\u003e is the kind of book that strikes close to a reader’s heart. I had to know what happened to Grace, Maya, and Joaquin, and I couldn’t turn the pages fast enough. Beautiful.”\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eAlly Condie, #1 New York Times Bestselling Author of the Matched trilogy\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e“\u003cem\u003eFar from the Tree\u003c\/em\u003e is a touching story about the strength and love of unconventional families, and the unbreakable bond of siblings near and far. Robin Benway’s characters are authentically crafted, full of heart, hurt, and hope.”\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eBrandy Colbert, author of Pointe and Little \u0026amp; Lion\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e“A beautifully written story about the families we’re born with and the families we choose, as well as the power — and potential pain — of that choice.”\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eBustle\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e“A deeply moving novel...The trials the three teens face are always confronted directly and never diminished; their relationships, both new and old, are complicated and beautiful.”\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eShelf Awareness\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e“\u003cem\u003eFar from the Tree\u003c\/em\u003e dives deep into themes of heartbreak and love, and presents a profound, emotional meditation on what it means to be family.”\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eBrightly\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003ePraise for \u003cem\u003eFar From the Tree\u003c\/em\u003e: “Family issues are neither airbrushed nor oversimplified. From the first page to the last, this compassionate, funny, moving, compulsively readable novel about what makes a family gets it right.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews (starred review)\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“Equally heartwarming and heart-wrenching... 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