![]() one of the most lyrical novels I’ve ever read. Jennifer Niven, New York Times bestselling author of All the Bright Places lovely and haunting keep-you-up-all-night heart-wrencher that is both beautiful and raw, painful and uplifting. Pat Conroy, #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Prince of Tides and South of Broad ![]() ![]() Entertainment Weekly, MUST LISTīeautiful and passionate… a writer of great distinction and infinite promise. But before long, their unhealthy relationship threatens to pull Cassie under once again. As Cassie struggles to reclaim her life, childhood memories persist and confuse, and Cassie must consider whose version of history is real, and more important, whose life she must save.Ī bold, literary story about the fragile complexities of mothers and daughters and learning to love oneself, The First Time She Drowned reminds us that we must dive deep into our pasts if we are ever to move forward. She attends college, forms new friendships, and even attempts to start fresh with her mother. Now, at 18, Cassie emancipates herself, determined to start over. ![]() The beautiful struggle of a girldesperate for the one relationship that has caused her the most painĬassie O’Malley has spent the past two and a half years in a mental institution - dumped there by her mother, against her will. Young Adult Fiction, Young Adult Literature ![]()
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