The Map from Here to There
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Average rating3.5
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Ratings2
Average rating3.5
The Map from Here to There is an unforgettable story of identity and the companion novel to the stellar The Start of Me and You, which was a Zoella Book Club pick for WHSmith. It's senior year, and Paige Hancock is finally living her best life. She has a fun summer job, great friends, and a super charming boyfriend who totally gets her. But senior year also means big decisions. Feeling the weight of 'the rest of her life' Paige starts to panic. Everything is exactly how she always wanted it to be – how can she leave it all behind next year? In her head, she knows there is so much more to life after high school. But in her heart, is it so terrible to want everything to stay the same forever? Emery Lord's signature storytelling shines with lovable characters and heartfelt exploration of life's most important questions. There will be break-ups, make-ups, a road trip, and even a wedding. Through it all, can Paige figure out what happens in the after part of happily ever after? Fans of Rainbow Rowell, Jennifer Niven and Nicola Yoon should look no further than this unforgettable story of friendship and connection.
Series
2 primary booksThe Start of Me and You is a 2-book series with 2 primary works first released in 2015 with contributions by Emery Lord.
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I'm chalking this up to the wrong book at the wrong time. I loved The Start of Me and You, and I usually relate really well to Lord's protags - they're smart teen girls who struggle and try and fail and pick themselves back up again, and often her books deal with anxiety and grief, and OMG WHY didn't this book resonate with me?!
I think it's simply because ... there's enough anxiety and struggle happening in the real world right now, and watching Paige freak out about choosing a college and maintaining her relationship with Max without basing all her choices around him ... those are such valid worries and I absolutely worried about those things when I was a teen (and still worry and cry and panic about every single life change!) ... but I felt like ugh, there's a pandemic happening, this fictional character's choice of college is irrelevant because she'd be sheltering at home and doing online classes, and not seeing her friends except over video chat anyway, and as such her anxiety about everything was suffocating.
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