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    Miles Away from You
    Miles Away from You
    Miles Away from You
    Audiobook7 hours

    Miles Away from You

    Written by A.B. Rutledge

    Narrated by Tom Picasso

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    From debut voice A.B. Rutledge comes a quirky and completely fresh story of young love, loss, and the drastic distances we sometimes have to travel in order to move on, perfect for fans of Adam Silvera and Jandy Nelson. Explores gender nonconformity and the spectrum of sexual preference in an authentic way. It's been three years since Miles fell for Vivian, a talented and dazzling transgender girl. Eighteen months since a suicide attempt left Vivian on life support. Now Miles isn't sure who he is without her, but knows it's time to figure out how to say goodbye. He books a solo trip to Iceland but then has a hard time leaving the refuge of his hotel room. After a little push from Oskar, a local who is equal parts endearing and aloof, Miles decides to honor Vivian's life by photographing her treasured Doc Martens standing empty against the surreal landscapes. With each step he takes, Miles finds his heart healing--even as he must accept that Vivian, still in a coma, will never recover. Told through a series of instant messages to Vivian, this quirky and completely fresh novel explores love, loss, and the drastic distances we sometimes have to travel in order to move on.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherRecorded Books, Inc.
    Release dateMar 20, 2018
    ISBN9781501997617
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    A.B. Rutledge

    A.B. Rutledge is an optician from Southeast Missouri. She likes '90s alternative music, dresses with pockets, and leaving Halloween decorations up all year long. When she's not up at 3 a.m. scribbling out stories, you can find her in her art studio covered in paper scraps, paint, and cats. Miles Away From You is her first novel. www.abrutledge.com Twitter @a_b_rutledge Instagram @a.b.rutledge

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      I received the e-arc from Houghton Mifflin, Harcourt Children's Book Group, thank you!Warning, the book, however most of the plot is being set in Iceland, it doesn't focus on travel, it is about curing the depression and finding sexuality, finding ways how to be with someone else and see life again, however weird it may seem for someone outside. This young adult novel tells about Miles, who lands in Iceland, being sent there by his two moms and doesn't know what to do there for a whole month. He has no plan, and suffers from terrible yet-lag. He is suffering long term by loosing his girlfriend who is in coma for over a year now, trying to kill herself. He deals with stages of loss, anger, love and in the middle - being a teenager himself, trying to deal cool and make sense of his life and the purpose. This is a debut novel by author, a plot that covers very uncommon topics such as bisexuality from a guys perspective, finding what he likes and getting involved in careless actions, because, he hasn't learned to think ahead..he explores sex and sexuality with random people. I come across a new term called "demi". Miles writes letters to Vivian, his lost girlfriend, he tells his journey and daily life in quite a detail, they were a great couple with little bohemian lifestyle living in a camp on their own, the story mentions the other side points of view, where girl's parents haven't been so supportive about their relationship, listening what their daughter wanted to be and now, when she basically tried to make a suicide, they ended up having a case with Miles and whole court case. Isn't that enough for people to deal with loss itself? I saw the book representing a decent amount of depression, when main character, Miles, isn't aware of his attitude, he is present but without an effort about his life. Having mentioned depression, it isn't easy read. I found the best way to read it, leaving days in between. This plot remind me of another book: After the After by Marty Gregor, which on the other hand does not mention gay or bisexual topics, but holds similar motion. There's saying what happens in..., stays in..., same could be told about Miles, except, is it? During his stay in Iceland, he faces for the first time- being away from home, having to choose and think of something else except his girlfriend. This is where I could not believe one may holds no knowledge of buying some sort of grocery items for his meal, keeping in account he was living in a camp on a van.. The the whole trip is a treat by his mum, so it's not as he has to pay from his own pocket, but.... loosing credit card and getting robbed is one way what may happen to Miles. Thankfully in the hotel where he is staying there's front representative Oscar, who is very, very attractive and helpful and feels sorry for Miles. He let's him tag along and travel with him.