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A HEART IN A BODY IN THE WORLD
By: Deb Caletti
Simon Pulse
September 2018
On Sale: September 18, 2018
368 pages
ISBN: 1481415204
EAN: 9781481415200
Kindle: B075RQBDNN
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Each step on Annabelleโs 2,700 mile cross-country run brings her closer to facing a trauma from her past in National Book Award finalist Deb Calettiโs novel about the heart, all the ways it breaks, and its journey to healing. Because sometimes against our will, against all odds, we go forward. When everything has been taken from you, what else is there to do but run? So thatโs what Annabelle doesโshe runs from Seattle to Washington, DC, through mountain passes and suburban landscapes, from long lonely roads to college towns. Sheโs not ready to think about the why yet, just the howโmuscles burning, heart pumping, feet pounding the earth. But no matter how hard she tries, she canโt outrun the tragedy from the past year, or the personโThe Takerโthat haunts her. Followed by Grandpa Ed in his RV and backed by her brother and two friends (her self-appointed publicity team), Annabelle becomes a reluctant activist as people connect her journey to the trauma from her past. Her cross-country run gains media attention and she is cheered on as she crosses state borders, and is even thrown a block party and given gifts. The support would be nice, if Annabelle could escape the guilt and the shame from what happened back home. They say it isnโt her fault, but she canโt feel the truth of that. Through welcome and unwelcome distractions, she just keeps running, to the destination that awaits her. There, sheโll finally face what lies behind herโthe miles and love and lossโฆand what is to come.
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