If I Stay - by Gayle Forman Paperback

About the Book

Celebrating 10 years of Forman's breakout bestseller, this special anniversary edition features a new look and presents an additional chapter to Mia's story.

Book Synopsis

A special edition of Gayle Forman's breakout bestseller, If I Stay, with a deluxe package featuring gold foil accents and a beautiful tip-in, as well as an exclusive prequel chapter!

Everything can change in an instant. For Mia, the day started like any other, surrounded by a loving family, an adoring boyfriend, and a bright future filled with music and infinite possibilities. What she never expected is the choice before her now. Caught between life and death, between a happy past and an uncertain future, Mia has to contemplate everything she holds dear and make a choice: to go or to stay.

Heartwrenchingly raw and heartbreakingly romantic, Gayle Forman's international bestseller asks the ultimate question: What would you do if you had to choose?

Review Quotes

"Beautifully written."--Entertainment Weekly

"A beautiful novel."--Los Angeles Times

"A do-not-miss story of love, friendship, family, loss, control, and coping."--Justine Magazine

"The brilliance of this book is the simplicity."--The Wall Street Journal

"A touching and thought-provoking novel."--Romantic Times

"Every moment I spent reading Forman's masterpiece drew me in more."--NPR.com

"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, starred review

"Mia's story will engage readers willing to suspend their disbelief that the future can be seen in the present."--Booklist, starred review

"The author endows the narrative with as much humor as poignancy and lays bare the challenges Mia has encountered in each of her relationships as well as the breakthroughs, leaving readers in suspense until the final bars."--Shelf Awareness

"Forman excels at inserting tiny but powerful details throughout . . .which will draw readers into this masterful text and undoubtedly tug at even the toughest of heartstrings."--Kirkus Reviews, starred review

About the Author

Gayle Forman is an award-winning, internationally bestselling author and journalist. She is the author of Just One Day and Just One Year, and the companion e-novella Just One Night, as well as the New York Times bestsellers If I Stay and Where She Went. She lives in Brooklyn, New York, with her husband and daughters.