This Is the Story of You by Beth Kephart

Whose descriptions are vividly painted on your eyelids.

Whose characters take residence in your heart. If you’re lucky, once in a lifetime (or more than once, but that’s if you personally robbed the remaining 7B people of their chance at luck), you stumble upon an author whose words speak to your soul. “I’d follow this man to the fiery gates of hell if he just held my hand.” You know when you read a book and everything, from the writing, to the characters, romance, just everything works for you and you have that stupid lovesick smile from beginning to end? The only time you’re hurting is when you realize you’re nearing the end of the book, and that just breaks your heart? And once you finish and close the book, you take a deep breath and smile wistfully while thinking to yourself what a time to be alive and what a way to end a truly shitty year? This was that book for me. This was everything I wanted and much, much, more. I have a plethora of commitment issues and, usually, I can’t read past 2/3 books of a series before they come out full force, but for this series? ᶜᵒᵐᵐⁱᵗᵐᵉⁿᵗ ⁱˢˢᵘᵉˢ?Īny-always-rambling way, back to the book. (Apr.So, anyone who knows me knows this is one of my all time favorite series.

Agent: Amy Rennert, Amy Rennert Literary Agency. Though the novel feels uneven in places, with a prolonged beginning and abrupt plot developments toward the end involving Mira discovering heretofore unknown family members, Kephart ( One Stolen Thing) establishes relatable characters and a poetic style that artfully blend the island days before and after the storm. Days from rescue, Mira and friend Deni search for survivors while the rest of the town gathers resources. Using her forward thinking and bravery, Mira survives the storm and joins the trash-strewn beach with its collection of islanders reeling after half the town is washed away. Though 17-year-old Mira loves her family, she wishes life were simpler for them-a wish she regrets when a hurricane pummels the island while her mother and brother are on the mainland. Having a younger brother with Hunter syndrome is hard on Mira Banul and her mother, Mickey, who works multiple jobs to pay for Jasper Lee’s treatments and necessities for the cottage they inherited from Mira’s aunt on the barrier island of Haven.

This Is the Story of You by Beth Kephart