Elsewhere
by Gabrielle Zevin | Teens | This book has not been rated.
ISBN: 0374320918 Global Overview for this book
ISBN: 0374320918 Global Overview for this book
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Is it possible to grow up while getting younger?
Welcome to Elsewhere. It is warm, with a breeze, and the beaches are marvelous. It’s quiet and peaceful. You can’t get sick or any older. Curious to see new paintings by Picasso? Swing by one of Elsewhere’s museums. Need to talk to someone about your problems? Stop by Marilyn Monroe’s psychiatric practice.
Elsewhere is where fifteen-year-old Liz Hall ends up, after she has died. It is a place so like Earth, yet completely different. Here Liz will age backward from the day of her death until she becomes a baby again and returns to Earth. But Liz wants to turn sixteen, not fourteen again. She wants to get her driver’s license. She wants to graduate from high school and go to college. And now that she’s dead, Liz is being forced to live a life she doesn’t want with a grandmother she has only just met. And it is not going well. How can Liz let go of the only life she has ever known and embrace a new one? Is it possible that a life lived in reverse is no different from a life lived forward? This moving, often funny book about grief, death, and loss will stay with the reader long after the last page is turned.
Is it possible to grow up while getting younger?
Welcome to Elsewhere. It is warm, with a breeze, and the beaches are marvelous. It’s quiet and peaceful. You can’t get sick or any older. Curious to see new paintings by Picasso? Swing by one of Elsewhere’s museums. Need to talk to someone about your problems? Stop by Marilyn Monroe’s psychiatric practice.
Elsewhere is where fifteen-year-old Liz Hall ends up, after she has died. It is a place so like Earth, yet completely different. Here Liz will age backward from the day of her death until she becomes a baby again and returns to Earth. But Liz wants to turn sixteen, not fourteen again. She wants to get her driver’s license. She wants to graduate from high school and go to college. And now that she’s dead, Liz is being forced to live a life she doesn’t want with a grandmother she has only just met. And it is not going well. How can Liz let go of the only life she has ever known and embrace a new one? Is it possible that a life lived in reverse is no different from a life lived forward? This moving, often funny book about grief, death, and loss will stay with the reader long after the last page is turned.
My 2nd read of 2007.
This was a nice read. Nothing spectactular, but an interesting story, none-the-less. I didn't particularly care for the author's view of what happens after we die, but it was creative. I did like seeing how Owen and Liz related to each other as they got younger. I also liked how the dogs went through the same transition the humans did. I would love to speak canine! That would be my favorite part of being in Elsewhere.
This was a nice read. Nothing spectactular, but an interesting story, none-the-less. I didn't particularly care for the author's view of what happens after we die, but it was creative. I did like seeing how Owen and Liz related to each other as they got younger. I also liked how the dogs went through the same transition the humans did. I would love to speak canine! That would be my favorite part of being in Elsewhere.
Won by zzz in my 3K Book Giveaway. I'm sorry to have taken so long in getting this to you. Happy reading!
I just came back in Belgrade. However book has arrived in Zitiste long time ago.
Kel thank you so much! It looks lovely indeed!
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Kel thank you so much! It looks lovely indeed!
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