Books by Lara Avery and Complete Book Reviews
Lara Avery. Hyperion, $16.99 (336p) ISBN 978-1-4231-6386-2
Avery's raw and absorbing debut novel examines the painful aftermath of an aspiring athlete's five-year coma. During a dive at the Olympic trials, 17-year-old Bryce Graham hits her head and later wakes up in the hospital. To Bryce, the accident...
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Lara Avery. Little, Brown/Poppy, $17.99 (368p) ISBN 978-0-316-28374-8
Samantha “Sammie” McCoy, 18, has big plans: win the National Debate Championships with her friend Maddie, become class valedictorian, attend NYU and law school, and become a human rights lawyer. These plans are derailed when she’s diagnosed with...
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Lara Avery. Morrow, $30 (288p) ISBN 978-0-06-327375-7
YA author Avery’s adult debut (after The Memory Book) explores grief with humor and warmth as 33-year-old widow Robin Lindstrom does her best to honor her husband by moving on. After a year spent wallowing in horror movies and her Sisters in Grief...
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