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Author
bio:
Laurel
Garver is a magazine editor, professor’s wife and mom to an energetic fourth
grader. An indie film enthusiast and incurable Anglophile, she enjoys geeking
out about Harry Potter and Dr. Who, playing word games, singing, and mentoring
teens at her church in Philadelphia.
Author
links:
Twitter:
https://twitter.com/LaurelGarver
YA
contemporary / edgy inspirational
Days after her father’s death, fifteen-year-old Dani Deane begins seeing him all around New York — wading through discarded sketches in her room, roaming the halls at church, socializing at his post-funeral reception. Is grief making her crazy? Or could her dad really be lingering between this world and the next, trying to contact her?
Dani desperately longs for his help. Without him keeping the peace, Dani’s relationship with her mother is deteriorating fast. Soon Mum ships her off to rural England with Dad’s relatives for a visit that Dani fears will become a permanent stay. But she won’t let her arty, urban life slip away without a fight, especially when daily phone calls with her lab partner Theo become her lifeline.
To find her way home, Dani must somehow reconnect with Mum. But as she seeks advice from relatives and insights from old letters, she uncovers family secrets that shake her to the core. Convinced that Dad’s ghost alone can help her, she sets out on a dangerous journey to contact him one last time.
"NEVER
GONE is a ghost story for a new generation – a twisty journey through a young
girl's battle with death, grief, and the discovery of family secrets that
threaten to undo her world. Garver tackles difficult subjects with depth and
grace, weaving the complexities of faith with the complexities of growing
up." --Heidi Willis, author of Some
Kind of Normal
Excerpt:
As
I head toward the bathroom, a flash of blue by the front door catches my eye.
Dad’s terry robe. And Dad, straightening frames. He frowns, probably deciding
whether to swap some photos. When he gets to the second row, he turns and
motions to me. Come.
My
hands shake so badly I almost drop my makeup case. He’s still here. Right here.
Maybe the phone call, the hospital, the surgeries weren’t real. Just a very
vivid nightmare. My feet carry the rest of me, like a sleepwalker, toward him.
When
I get there, he’s gone. Before me is the magic photo: the one split second in
my short life that I look incredible. It’s not a coiffed, polished glamour
shot. No, I’m sweaty and my clothes are rumpled. But I’m floating four feet in
the air, my gawky tallness curved like a curlicue C around the high jump bar.
My leading arm is like a ballerina’s, legs steely and lean, face full of happy
peace. A swan moment.
Buy links:
Smashwords: http://www.smashwords.com/books/view/229715
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