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    The Memory of Light
    The Memory of Light
    The Memory of Light
    Audiobook9 hours

    The Memory of Light

    Written by Francisco X. Stork

    Narrated by Frankie Corzo

    4.5/5

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    About this audiobook

    School: failure. Romance: failure. Family: failure. Suicide: failure.

    This brave and moving novel by the author of Marcelo in the Real World is about the one thing left: living.

    When Vicky Cruz wakes up in the Lakeview Hospital Mental Disorders ward, she knows one thing: She can't even commit suicide right. But for once, a mistake works out well for her, as she meets Mona, the live wire; Gabriel, the saint; E. M., always angry; and Dr. Desai, a quiet force. With stories and honesty, kindness and hard work, they push her to reconsider her life before Lakeview and offer her an acceptance she's never had.

    But Vicky's newfound peace is as fragile as the roses that grow around the hospital. And when a crisis forces the group to split up, sending her back to the life that drove her to suicide, Vicky must try to find the strength to carry on. She may not have it. She doesn't know.

    Inspired in part by the author's own experience with depression, The Memory of Light is the rare young adult novel that focuses not on the events leading up to a suicide attempt but the recovery from one — about living when life doesn't seem worth it and how we go on anyway.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherScholastic
    Release dateJan 26, 2016
    ISBN9780545910958
    The Memory of Light

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    • 5/5
      Wonderful story about a girl who just needed help to see that she mattered and made a difference in people’s lives.
    • 5/5
      It was so good. Honest and open. I wish more people wrote about their experiences.