The art of feeling
Title:
The art of feeling
Author:
Tims, Laura.
ISBN:
9780062317353
Edition:
First edition.
Publication Information:
New York, NY : HarperTeen, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers, [2017]
Physical Description:
326 p. ; 22 cm
Abstract:
Since the car accident, Samantha Herring has been in constant pain, not only from a lingering leg injury, but also from her mother's death, which has devastated her family. After pushing away her friends, Sam has receded into a fog of depression. But then Sam meets Eliot, a reckless loner with a carefree attitude and an amazing secret: he can't feel any pain. At first, Sam is jealous -- what she would give not to feel the pain she's felt for the past year. But then she learns more about Eliot's medical condition... and his self-destructive tendencies. In fact, Eliot doesn't seem to care about anything -- except maybe Sam. And as they grow closer, they begin to confront Sam's painful memories of the accident -- memories that may hold a starling truth about what really happened that day.
Subject:
| Traffic accidents -- Juvenile fiction. |
| Mothers -- Death -- Juvenile fiction. |
| Memory -- Juvenile fiction. |
| Leg -- Wounds and injuries -- Juvenile fiction. |
| Grief in adolescence -- Juvenile fiction. |
| Depression in adolescence -- Juvenile fiction. |
| Young adult fiction. |
| Love stories. |
Summary:
Since the car accident, Samantha Herring has been in constant pain, not only from a lingering leg injury, but also from her mother's death, which has devastated her family. After pushing away her friends, Sam has receded into a fog of depression. But then Sam meets Eliot, a reckless loner with a carefree attitude and an amazing secret: he can't feel any pain. At first, Sam is jealous -- what she would give not to feel the pain she's felt for the past year. But then she learns more about Eliot's medical condition... and his self-destructive tendencies. In fact, Eliot doesn't seem to care about anything -- except maybe Sam. And as they grow closer, they begin to confront Sam's painful memories of the accident -- memories that may hold a starling truth about what really happened that day.