"Profoundly moving . . . Will take your breath away." --Kathleen Glasgow author of Girl in
Pieces "Give this to all your friends immediately . . . It tackles mental health
depression sexual identity and anxiety with beauty and empathy." --Cosmopolitan.com A
Kirkus Reviews Best Book of the Year A Chicago Public Library Best of the Best of the Year
Biz knows how to float right there on the surface--normal okay regular fine. She has her
friends her mom the twins. She has Grace. And she has her dad who shouldn't be here but is.
So Biz doesn't tell anyone anything--not about her dark runaway thoughts not about kissing
Grace or noticing Jasper the new boy. And not about seeing her dad. Because her dad died when
she was seven. But after what happens on the beach the tethers that hold Biz steady come
undone. Her dad disappears and with him all comfort. 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.
Or maybe--maybe maybe maybe--there's a third way Biz just can't see yet. Debut author Helena
Fox tells a story about love grief and inter-generational mental illness exploring the hard
and beautiful places loss can take us and honoring those who hold us tightly when the current
wants to tug us out to sea. "I haven't been so dazzled by a YA in ages." --Jandy Nelson
author of I'll Give You the Sun (via SLJ) "Mesmerizing and timely." --Bustle "Nothing short
of exquisite." --PopSugar "Immensely satisfying" -- Girls' Life * "Lyrical and profoundly
affecting." -- Kirkus (starred review) * "Masterful...Just beautiful." -- Booklist (starred
review) * "Intimate...Unexpected." -- PW (starred review) * "Fox writes with superb
understanding and tenderness." -- BCCB (starred review) * "Frank [and] beautifully crafted."
--BookPage (starred review) "This book will explode you into atoms." --Margo Lanagan author
of Tender Morsels "Helena Fox's novel delivers. Read it." --Cath Crowley author of Words in
Deep Blue "This is not a book it is a work of art." --Kerry Kletter author of The First
Time She Drowned "Perfect...Readers will be deeply moved." --Books+Publishing
