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How It Feels to Float door Helena Fox
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How It Feels to Float (editie 2019)

door Helena Fox (Auteur)

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Young Adult Fiction. Young Adult Literature. LGBTQIA+ (Fiction.) HTML:A Kirkus Reviews Best Book of the Year
A Chicago Public Library Best of the Best of the Year
"Profoundly moving . . . Will take your breath away." ??Kathleen Glasgow, author of Girl in Pieces
/> A stunningly gorgeous and deeply hopeful portrayal of living with mental illness and grief, from an exceptional new voice.

Biz knows how to float. She has her people, her posse, her mom and the twins. She has Grace. And she has her dad, who tells her about the little kid she was, and who shouldn't be here but is. So Biz doesn't tell anyone anything. Not about her dark, runaway thoughts, not about kissing Grace or noticing Jasper, the new boy. And she doesn't tell anyone about her dad. Because her dad died when she was seven. And Biz knows how to float, right there on the surface??normal okay regular fine.
But after what happens on the beach??first in the ocean, and then in the sand??the tethers that hold Biz steady come undone. Dad disappears and, with him, all comfort. It might be easier, better, sweeter to float all the way away? Or maybe stay a little longer, find her father, bring him back to her. Or maybe??maybe maybe maybe??there's a third way Biz just can't see yet.
Debut author Helena Fox tells a story about love and grief, about inter-generational mental illness, and how living with it is both a bridge to someone loved and lost and, also, a chasm. She explores the hard and beautiful places loss can take us, and honors those who hold us tightly when the current wants to tug us out to sea.
"Give this to all [your] friends immediately." ??Cosmopolitan.com
"I haven't been so dazzled by a YA in ages." ??Jandy Nelson, author of I'll Give You the Sun (via SLJ)
"Mesmerizing and timely." ??Bustle
"Nothing short of exquisite." ??PopSugar
"Immensely satisfying" ??Girls' Life
* "Lyrical and profoundly affecting." ??Kirkus (starred review)
* "Masterful...Just beautiful." ??Booklist (starred review)
* "Intimate...Unexpected." ??PW (starred review)
* "Fox writes with superb understanding and tenderness." ??BCCB (starred review)
* "Frank [and] beautifully crafted." ??BookPage (starred review)
"Deeply moving...A story of hope." ??Common Sense Media
"This book will explode you into atoms." ??Margo Lanagan, author of Tender Morsels
"Helena Fox's novel delivers. Read it." ??Cath Crowley, author of Words in Deep Blue
"This is not a book; it is a work of art." ??Kerry Kletter, author of The First Time She Drowned
"Perfect...Re… (meer)
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Titel:How It Feels to Float
Auteurs:Helena Fox (Auteur)
Info:Dial Books (2019), 384 pages
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Loved the depiction of mental health and the unreliable narrator theme. I also really liked how the “traumas” that are revealed at the end are pretty normal things as I think a lot of literature basically doesn’t count something as trauma unless there’s a rape or murder involved. ( )
  willowzz | Jun 27, 2023 |
Heartbreaking intergenerational trauma and mental illness explored. I liked that it showed how helpful friendship and family support are but didnt have them as some magic cure.

Warnings for some sexual assault in first quarter of book, and quite a bit of scenes and talk dealing with suicide. ( )
  mutantpudding | Dec 26, 2021 |
Trigger Warning: Depression, PTSD, suicidal thoughts.

How It Feels to Float is a contemporary YA novel about a 17-year-old named Biz who has seen her father floating around her since she was young, telling her about her life when he was alive. Up until a night at the sand dunes when he suddenly stops. Biz then goes on an adventure to find him again.

The first person voice of Biz, a teenager battling through her mental health, is so beautifully written that I fell immediately in love with her. There are parts where you're not 100% positive that they happened the way Biz shares, but that's due to her floating. As someone who has had her own mental health issues, it's nice to read a voice similar to what goes on in my head sometimes.
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  oldandnewbooksmell | Sep 24, 2021 |
I received a copy of this book through a Goodreads giveaway.

"How it Feels to Float" feels very ephemeral, though at times repetitive, it is an overall poetic read.

"It's too much to ask of a human . . . [T]o love someone who lives outside your body, whose life you can't control. You can't hold anything still. You can't be sure anything will be okay. You can't stop the sky from falling." P. 366 ( )
  mbellucci | Apr 10, 2021 |
This is a sensitive and compelling book about the author's realization that she was mentally ill. This narrative is not sad or self-pitying. It is candid and thoughtful. She doesn't know as a teenager that she is different than others or that the visions she has don't happen to everyone. As she progresses through her life, she starts to see she is different, but not that she has mental illness. This young girl moves through her relationships and finds herself. The bravery and strength of this author is a beautiful thing. Some people may be triggered by neglect, alcohol abuse, sexual abuse or the frank look at psychosis and depression with suicidal thoughts. It is not graphic or in any way heavy handed. I hope the author continues to write. Her voice is unique and singular. ( )
  Fanulisa | Nov 3, 2020 |
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Young Adult Fiction. Young Adult Literature. LGBTQIA+ (Fiction.) HTML:A Kirkus Reviews Best Book of the Year
A Chicago Public Library Best of the Best of the Year
"Profoundly moving . . . Will take your breath away." ??Kathleen Glasgow, author of Girl in Pieces
A stunningly gorgeous and deeply hopeful portrayal of living with mental illness and grief, from an exceptional new voice.

Biz knows how to float. She has her people, her posse, her mom and the twins. She has Grace. And she has her dad, who tells her about the little kid she was, and who shouldn't be here but is. So Biz doesn't tell anyone anything. Not about her dark, runaway thoughts, not about kissing Grace or noticing Jasper, the new boy. And she doesn't tell anyone about her dad. Because her dad died when she was seven. And Biz knows how to float, right there on the surface??normal okay regular fine.
But after what happens on the beach??first in the ocean, and then in the sand??the tethers that hold Biz steady come undone. Dad disappears and, with him, all comfort. It might be easier, better, sweeter to float all the way away? Or maybe stay a little longer, find her father, bring him back to her. Or maybe??maybe maybe maybe??there's a third way Biz just can't see yet.
Debut author Helena Fox tells a story about love and grief, about inter-generational mental illness, and how living with it is both a bridge to someone loved and lost and, also, a chasm. She explores the hard and beautiful places loss can take us, and honors those who hold us tightly when the current wants to tug us out to sea.
"Give this to all [your] friends immediately." ??Cosmopolitan.com
"I haven't been so dazzled by a YA in ages." ??Jandy Nelson, author of I'll Give You the Sun (via SLJ)
"Mesmerizing and timely." ??Bustle
"Nothing short of exquisite." ??PopSugar
"Immensely satisfying" ??Girls' Life
* "Lyrical and profoundly affecting." ??Kirkus (starred review)
* "Masterful...Just beautiful." ??Booklist (starred review)
* "Intimate...Unexpected." ??PW (starred review)
* "Fox writes with superb understanding and tenderness." ??BCCB (starred review)
* "Frank [and] beautifully crafted." ??BookPage (starred review)
"Deeply moving...A story of hope." ??Common Sense Media
"This book will explode you into atoms." ??Margo Lanagan, author of Tender Morsels
"Helena Fox's novel delivers. Read it." ??Cath Crowley, author of Words in Deep Blue
"This is not a book; it is a work of art." ??Kerry Kletter, author of The First Time She Drowned
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