‘If I Stay’ by Gayle Forman is the story of a seventeen year old cellist, Mia Hall, who was gravely injured in a car accident that took both her parents along with her baby brother, Teddy. While in a coma, Mia’s soul gets to wander around and is completely aware of the events that are unfolding around her. She’s aware of her loss, aware of the friends and family members visiting her, and more importantly, she’s fully aware of the choice she has to make. Does she stay? Or does she pass on and join her family? In the process of making such a decision, she takes us on a trip down memory lane in an attempt to imagine how life would go, or not, once she does decide. Continue reading
A Bookworm's Ramblings 