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The Sky Is Everywhere

Adrift after her sister Bailey's sudden death, Lennie finds herself torn between quiet, seductive Toby—Bailey's boyfriend who shares her grief—and Joe, the new boy in town who bursts with life and musical genius. Each offers Lennie something she desperate

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Jandy Nelson (8)

“How can the word love, the word life, even fit in the mouth?”

— Jandy Nelson, amazon.com

Tagged: Love, Word, Vocal, Metaphor, Enough

“How can the word love, the word life, even fit in the mouth?”

— Jandy Nelson, amazon.com

Tagged: Love, Life, curious

“I am crazy sad, and somewhere deep inside, all I want is to fly.”

— Jandy Nelson, amazon.com

Tagged: fly, Sad, Float, Problems

“My sister will die over and over again for the rest of my life. Grief is forever. It doesn't go away; it becomes a part of you, step for step, breath for breath. I will never stop grieving Bailey because I will never stop loving her. That's just how it is. Grief and love are conjoined, you don't get…”

— Jandy Nelson, amazon.com

Tagged: Grief, Death, Love

“In photographs of us together, she is always looking at the camera, and I am always looking at her.”

— Jandy Nelson, amazon.com

Tagged: Sister Love, photograph

“My sister will die over and over again for the rest of my life. Grief is forever. It doesn't go away; it becomes a part of you, step for step, breath for breath. I will never stop grieving Bailey because I will never stop loving her. That's just how it is. Grief and love are conjoined, you don't get…”

— Jandy Nelson, amazon.com

Tagged: Death, Grief, Never Stop Loving, Never Stop Grieving

“I will never stop grieving Bailey because I will never stop loving her. That's just how it is. Grief and love are conjoined, you don't get one without the other. All I can do is love her, and love the world, emulate her by living with daring and spirit and joy.”

— Jandy Nelson, amazon.com

Tagged: Love, Grief, Death

“Grief is a house where no one can protect you where the younger sister will grow older than the older one where the doors no longer let you in or out.”

— Jandy Nelson, amazon.com

Tagged: Grief, Death, Siblings