TODAY IS THE DAY WE HAVE BEEN WAITING ON!
THE PUBLICATION DAY OF
THE LOST GIRL BY SANGU MANDANNA
PUBLISHER: Balzer + Bray/HarperCollins Children's Books
BOOK DESCRIPTION
Eva’s life is not her own. She is a creation, an abomination—an echo. Made by the Weavers as a copy of someone else, she is expected to replace a girl named Amarra, her “other”, if she ever died. Eva studies what Amarra does, what she eats, what it’s like to kiss her boyfriend, Ray. So when Amarra is killed in a car crash, Eva should be ready.
But fifteen years of studying never prepared her for this.
Now she must abandon everything she’s ever known—the guardians who raised her, the boy she’s forbidden to love—to move to India and convince the world that Amarra is still alive.What Eva finds is a grief-stricken family; parents unsure how to handle this echo they thought they wanted; and Ray, who knew every detail, every contour of Amarra. And when Eva is unexpectedly dealt a fatal blow that will change her existence forever, she is forced to choose: Stay and live out her years as a copy or leave and risk it all for the freedom to be an original. To be Eva.
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WHAT PEOPLE ARE SAYING
“Both an interrogation of bioethics and a mesmerizing quest for identity, this debut succeeds through its careful development of the oh-so-human Eva and those around her. A provocative and page-turning thriller/romance that gets at the heart of what it means to be human.” (Kirkus Reviews)
“THE LOST GIRL was the most honest portrait of grief and loss that I’ve read in a long time. Filled with heartache, love, and things that would stir Mary Shelley’s ghost, this is a story not to be missed.” (Lauren DeStefano, New York Times bestselling author of The Chemical Garden trilogy)“Mandanna’s debut novel is lovely and at times heartbreaking... A thoughtful study of both a girl’s search for her identity and the human reaction to death.” (Publishers Weekly)
Sangu Mandanna's Bio
Sangu Mandanna was four years old when she was chased by an elephant and wrote her first story about it and decided that this was what she wanted to do with her life. Seventeen years later, she read Frankenstein. It sent her into a writing frenzy that became THE LOST GIRL, a novel about death and love and the tie that binds the two together. Sangu now lives in England with her husband and baby son.
Sangu's Links
Website www.sangumandanna.com
Blog http://sangumandanna.blogspot.
Twitter @SanguMandanna
Website www.sangumandanna.com
Blog http://sangumandanna.blogspot.
Twitter @SanguMandanna
6 comments:
YAY! Thanks so much for this, Michelle!
i can't wait
I sounds very interesting! I'll add it to my list to read.
Sounds interesting. Not the usual book I would read, but I like the concept of the copy. It reminds me of The Island.
This one is on my tbr list. I think it sounds sooo good!
This book sounds interesting! Going on my to-read list! :)
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