A hypnotic sojourn of planetary proportions through the terrestrial contingencies of bodies, health, poverty, and salvation Β Maldon is an adjunct literature instructor at a prestigious East Coast university, with a deteriorating heart condition and no insurance. She finds herself caught betwe
Swimming in a Sea of Stars
β Scribed by Julie Wright
- Book ID
- 111788804
- Publisher
- Shadow Mountain Publishing
- Year
- 2023
- Tongue
- en-US
- Weight
- 1 MB
- Category
- Fiction
- ISBN-13
- 9781639931019
No coin nor oath required. For personal study only.
β¦ Synopsis
Journal entry: Heading to school. I know what everyone will say.****There goes the girl who tried to kill herself.
Addison is no stranger to feeling stressed, insecure, and sad. Her therapist recommended she keep a journal to help her understand those feelings better, which she really needs today. It's her first day back to school, several weeks after she survived her suicide attempt. She knows there are rumors about why she did it: A lousy home life? Bullying? Heartbreak? None of them are true, but it doesn't matter because Addison still feels like she's drowning. She still holds secrets she's not ready to share.
During the school day, Addison encounters four other students struggling with their own secrets:
Booker is anxious about seeing Addison. They were sort of a couple until he tried to kiss her. She fled and then tried to end her life. Those two things couldn't be related, could they?
Celia feels trapped by...
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