{"product_id":"how-it-feels-to-float-paperback","title":"How It Feels to Float - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eHelena Fox\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"Profoundly moving . . . Will take your breath away.\" --Kathleen Glasgow, author of \u003ci\u003eGirl in Pieces\u003c\/i\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"Give this to all your friends immediately . . . It tackles mental health, depression, sexual identity, and anxiety with beauty and empathy.\" --Cosmopolitan.com \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eA \u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e Best Book of the Year\u003cbr\u003eA Chicago Public Library Best of the Best of the Year \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eBiz knows how to float, right there on the surface--normal okay regular fine. She has her friends, her mom, the twins. She has Grace. And she has her dad, who shouldn't be here but is. So Biz doesn't tell anyone anything--not about her dark, runaway thoughts, not about kissing Grace or noticing Jasper, the new boy. And not about seeing her dad. Because her dad died when she was seven. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eBut after what happens on the beach, the tethers that hold Biz steady come undone. Her dad disappears and, with him, all comfort. It might be easier, better, sweeter to float all the way away? Or maybe stay a little longer, find her father, bring him back to her. Or maybe--maybe maybe maybe--there's a third way Biz just can't see yet. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eDebut author Helena Fox tells a story about love, grief, and inter-generational mental illness, exploring the hard and beautiful places loss can take us, and honoring those who hold us tightly when the current wants to tug us out to sea. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"I haven't been so dazzled by a YA in ages.\"\u003c\/b\u003e --Jandy Nelson, author of \u003ci\u003eI'll Give You the Sun\u003c\/i\u003e (via \u003ci\u003eSLJ)\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"Mesmerizing and timely.\"\u003c\/b\u003e --Bustle\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"Nothing short of exquisite.\"\u003c\/b\u003e --PopSugar\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"Immensely satisfying\"\u003c\/b\u003e --\u003ci\u003eGirls' Life\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e* \"Lyrical and profoundly affecting.\"\u003c\/b\u003e --\u003ci\u003eKirkus\u003c\/i\u003e (starred review)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e* \"Masterful...Just beautiful.\"\u003c\/b\u003e --\u003ci\u003eBooklist\u003c\/i\u003e (starred review)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e* \"Intimate...Unexpected.\" --\u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003ePW\u003c\/i\u003e (starred review)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e* \"Fox writes with superb understanding and tenderness.\"\u003c\/b\u003e --\u003ci\u003eBCCB\u003c\/i\u003e (starred review)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e* \"Frank [and] beautifully crafted.\"\u003c\/b\u003e --BookPage (starred review)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"Deeply moving...A story of hope.\"\u003c\/b\u003e --Common Sense Media\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"This book will explode you into atoms.\" --\u003c\/b\u003eMargo Lanagan, author of \u003ci\u003eTender Morsels\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"Helena Fox's novel delivers. Read it.\"\u003c\/b\u003e --Cath Crowley, author of \u003ci\u003eWords in Deep Blue\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"This is not a book; it is a work of art.\"\u003c\/b\u003e --Kerry Kletter, author of \u003ci\u003eThe First Time She Drowned\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"Perfect...Readers will be deeply moved.\"\u003c\/b\u003e --Books+Publishing\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eHelena Fox lives in Wollongong, Australia, where she runs creative writing workshops for young people. She's a graduate of the MFA Program for Writers at Warren Wilson College in North Carolina. \u003ci\u003eHow It Feels to Float \u003c\/i\u003eis her debut novel. She can be found at www.helenafoxauthor.com\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 400\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1 x 8.2 x 5.4 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e May 05, 2020\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42700277710911,"sku":"9780525554363","price":12.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0105\/8226\/1823\/files\/a418c8d79192d65869ac319e94db78f2.webp?v=1765016117","url":"https:\/\/dhl-adrianne.myshopify.com\/products\/how-it-feels-to-float-paperback","provider":"BBB","version":"1.0","type":"link"}