If I Stay (Bk 1)

Adapted into a major motion picture in 2014.

Seventeen-year-old Mia Hall — a gifted cello player with a loving family and a promising future — has her life shattered by a tragic car accident that leaves her in a coma. While unconscious, Mia experiences an out-of-body state, observing loved ones gather in the hospital and slowly reliving her memories: her family’s warmth, her passion for music, and her budding romance with Adam, a rock-band musician. As she hovers between life and death, Mia must decide whether to wake up and continue in a world redefined by loss — or let go and join her family in death.

“Intensely moving, the novel will force readers to take stock of their lives and the people and things that make them worth living.” — Publishers Weekly

“Forman excels at inserting tiny but powerful details… including the realistic sounds, smells and vocabulary of a hospital, which will draw readers into this masterful text and undoubtedly tug at even the toughest of heartstrings.” — Kirkus Reviews