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The Memory of Light

by Francisco X. Stork
RM45.00 MYR
The Memory of Light
The Memory of Light

Recovery begins after the darkest moment

Sixteen-year-old Vicky wakes in a psychiatric ward after a suicide attempt. Through honesty, kindness, and hard work, she begins reconsidering her life. Inspired partly by Francisco X. Stork’s experience with depression, this novel focuses on recovery and finding the strength to continue.

  • Evergreen Teen Book Award Nominee (2019)
  • Tomás Rivera Mexican American Children’s Book Award for Works for Older Readers (2017)
  • Américas Award Commended Title (2017)
Note: While we do our best to ensure the accuracy of cover images, ISBNs may at times be reused for different editions of the same title which may hence appear as a different cover.
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The Memory of Light

by Francisco X. Stork
RM45.00 MYR
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ISBN: 9780545474320
Author: Francisco X. Stork
Publisher: Arthur A. Levine Books
Date of Publication: 2016-01-26
Format: Hardcover
Related Collections: Contemporary, Young Adult
Related Topics: Mental Health, Realistic Fiction, Young Adult Contemporary, Teen
Goodreads rating: 3.97
(rated by 6646 readers)

Description

16-year-old Vicky Cruz wakes up in a hospital's mental ward after a failed suicide attempt. Now she must find a path to recovery - and perhaps rescue some others along the way.When Vicky Cruz wakes up in the Lakeview Hospital Mental Disorders ward, she knows one thing: After her suicide attempt, she shouldn't be alive. But then 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 Vick back to the life that drove her to suicide, she must try to find her own courage and strength. She may not have them. 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.Author: Francisco X. Stork
 

Recovery begins after the darkest moment

Sixteen-year-old Vicky wakes in a psychiatric ward after a suicide attempt. Through honesty, kindness, and hard work, she begins reconsidering her life. Inspired partly by Francisco X. Stork’s experience with depression, this novel focuses on recovery and finding the strength to continue.

  • Evergreen Teen Book Award Nominee (2019)
  • Tomás Rivera Mexican American Children’s Book Award for Works for Older Readers (2017)
  • Américas Award Commended Title (2017)
Note: While we do our best to ensure the accuracy of cover images, ISBNs may at times be reused for different editions of the same title which may hence appear as a different cover.

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