Before I Fall ~ Paperback ~ Lauren Oliver

Before I Fall ~ Paperback ~ Lauren Oliver
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Sam Kingston is dead. Except she isn't. On a rainy February night, Sam is killed in a horrific car crash. But instead of seeing a tunnel of light, she wakes up in her own bed, on the morning of the same day. Forced to live through the same events -- the drive to school, skipping class, the fateful party -- she struggles to alter the outcome, but wakes up again on the day of the crash. What follows is the story of a girl who comes of age in a matter of days. Who discovers, through heartbreaking insights, the consequences of her every action. Of a girl who dies young, but in the process learns how to live. And who falls in love ...a little too late. Reviews 'Hugely moving and gorgeously written . . . an extremely clever and well-written novel that is ultimately uplifting.' (Heat ) 'A very sophisticated novel . . . Oliver handles her characters with an impressive lightness of touch and writes evocatively about youth . . . a clever, funny, insightful and utterly addictive novel' (Daily Mail ) 'Beautifully written, compelling and poignant, a truly memorable read' ***** (Closer ) 'A book to fall in love with' (Bella ) 'Heartbreakingly good . . . Up there with Alice Sebold's The Lovely Bones, it'll make you want to hold close the ones you love and never let them go. Impossible to forget.' (News of the World ) 'A thought-provoking and compelling story that is brave and insightful for a new author' (Sun ) 'This book will take your breath away' (She ) 'A beautifully written and outrageously weepy tale.' (Daily Mirror ) 'Moving and thought-provoking' (Woman ) 'Tender, funny and raw' (Marie Claire ) 'A pitch-perfect Groundhog Day/Lovely Bones hybrid' (guardian.co.uk ) 'Gossip Girl meets Groundhog Day' (Grazia ) 'Poignant . . . This tale of second chances will have you clinging on to your Kleenex' (Now ) ‘This is very special . . . It's full of ‘what ifs’ and raw emotion’ (Sarah Broadhurst, The Bookseller ) 'Take the concept of Groundhog Day, add stunning prose and layers of emotional development, and the result is a book to fall in love with over and over again' (Daily Record ) 'Beautifully written' (Daily Record ) Author Biography Lauren Oliver was previously an editorial assistant at a publishing house in New York. A graduate of the University of Chicago and the MFA program at New York University, she is now a full-time writer and lives in Brooklyn, New York. BEFORE I FALL is her first novel.