The View From Who I Was - Softcover

Sappenfield, Heather

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0738741744 ISBN 13: 9780738741741

Publisher: Flux, 2015

Synopsis

On a cold Colorado night, Oona Antunes leaves Crystal High's Winter Formal, walks deep into the woods, and lies down in the snow to die.

She awakens in the hospital, suffering the effects of frostbite and hypothermia. But her physical injuries aren't nearly as painful as the wound she can't name, the one she feels cutting deep into the core of who she is.

While recovering from her suicide attempt, Oona discovers that the roots of her problems go beyond herself. To fully understand what happened that night in the woods, she must confront not only her own pain but the hidden past that’s suffocating someone she loves.

The View from Who I Was is a story of the damage that can be passed down through the generations, and the healing that can arise from tragedy.

 

Praise:

"Beautifully written."―KIRKUS REVIEWS

"This debut novel packs a walloping punch...Raw but with insight and tenderness, this story deftly explores life’s varied riches that come from the connections we build with others."
―BOOKLIST

About this title

From the Back Cover:

Pain is like water. It comes indifferent forms.
 
On a cold Colorado night, Oona Antunes leaves Crystal High's Winter Formal, walks deep into the woods, and lies down in the snow to die.
 
She awakens in the hospital, suffering the effects of frostbite and hypothermia. But her physical injuries aren't nearly as painful as the wound she can't name, the one she feels cutting deep into the core of who she is.
 
While recovering from her suicide attempt, Oona discovers that the roots of her problems go beyond herself. To fully understand what happened that night in the woods, she must confront not only her own pain but the hidden past that's suffocating someone she loves.
 
The View From Who I Was is a story of the damage that can be passed down through the generations, and the healing that can arise from tragedy.

About the Author:

HEATHER SAPPENFIELD writes fiction and nonfiction for adults and kids. Her fiction has won or been a finalist for many awards, including the Danahy Fiction Prize, the Pushcart Prize, and the Flannery O'Connor Award. Her novel LIFE AT THE SPEED OF US was a Colorado Book Awards Finalist.

Heather loves mountains, so she lives in a log home in Vail, Colorado, where she teaches narrative writing at a school for future Olympic skiers. If you visit Vail, you might find her pedaling her mountain bike along its backcountry trails or schussing down its back bowls.

For more about ski town life, read Heather's blog A VALLEY CALLED VAIL, which you can find at her website heathersappenfield.com.

About this edition

• Publisher: Flux
• Publication date: 2015
• ISBN 10: 0738741744
• ISBN 13: 9780738741741
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 336