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Sometimes the Girl
Hardcover
Publisher Price: $19.99
ISBN13: 9781728493299
Publisher: Carolrhoda Lab (R)
Published: May 6 2025
Pages: 304
Weight: 0.90
Height: 1.10 Width: 5.80 Depth: 8.30
Language: English
A Stonewall Honor Book for Young Adult Literature
A YALSA Best Fiction for Young Adults Selection
A Kirkus Best Teen/YA Book of 2025
Eighteen-year-old Holiday needs to sort her life out.
She's still shaken from her brother's recent suicide attempt; still pining over her ex, Maya; and still struggling to write again after a long dry spell. To earn enough money for a rebalancing trip with Maya, Holi gets a short-term job: organizing the attic of acclaimed author Elsie McAllister. It's an unglamorous gig with a difficult boss. Elsie--whose fame rests on a single novel published decades ago--is in her nineties, in failing health, and fiercely protective of her privacy. But as Holi sorts through the attic's surprising contents, she realizes there's much more to Elsie than the novel that made her a legend.
Unearthing Elsie's secrets will change how Holi sees art, life, and the way they intertwine, as she grapples with choices that will redefine her own path.
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