![]() ![]() What I really appreciate is that this is an #ownvoices book so the themes of mental illness are handled sensitively and with a more realistic portrayal than I sometimes encounter. The book takes you on a journey through the fractured mindscape of our protagonist, Biz, as she teeters on the verge of a breakdown.Īs someone who has lived with depression for over a decade, I’m drawn to books that deal with mental health issues. This is a debut by an Australian author featuring an Australian teen in Wollongong – I don’t read as much #loveozya as I should, so I’m glad I was given a chance to read this. Or maybe–maybe maybe maybe–there’s a third way Biz just can’t see yet. ![]() It might be easier, better, sweeter to float all the way away? Or maybe stay a little longer, find her father, bring him back to her. Dad disappears, and with him, all comfort. And Biz knows how to float, right there on the surface–normal okay regular fine.īut after what happens on the beach–first in the ocean, and then in the sand–the tethers that hold Biz steady come undone. And she doesn’t tell anyone about her dad. Not about her dark, runaway thoughts, not about kissing Grace or noticing Jasper, the new boy. And she has her dad, who tells her about the little kid she was, who loves her so hard, and who shouldn’t be here but is. She has her people, her posse, her mom and the twins. RRP: $9.99 AUD (ebook) | $17.99 AUD (paperback)īiz knows how to float. Publication Details: by Pan Macmillan Australia on April 23rd, 2019 ![]()
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