2023 National Book Award for Young Peopleâs Literature Longlist
Perfect for fans of Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind and Five Feet Apart, this tender solo debut by the coauthor of New York Times bestseller She Gets the Girl is a âpunch to the gut in the best wayâ (Booklist, starred review) about the strength of love and the power of choosing each other, against odds and obstacles, again and again.
What would you do if you forgot the love of your life ever even existed?
Stevie and Nora had a love. A secret, epic, once-in-a-lifetime kind of love. They also had a plan: to leave their small, ultra-conservative town and families behind after graduation and move to California, where they could finally stop hiding that love.
But then Stevie has a terrible fall. And when she comes to, she can remember nothing of the last two yearsânot California, not coming to terms with her sexuality, not even Nora. Suddenly, Stevie finds herself in a life she doesnât quite understand, one where sheâs estranged from her parents, drifting away from her friends, lying about the hours she works, and headed towards a future that isnât at all what her fifteen-year-old self would have envisioned.
And Nora finds herselfâŠforgotten. Can the two beat the odds a second time and find their way back together when âtogetherâ itself is just a lost memory?
