From the New York Times bestselling author of If I Stay comes an emotionally cathartic story of how a chance encounter brings three strangers together in New York City.
“Heart-wrenching . . . If you are ready to be emotionally wrecked yet again, you are in luck.”—Hypable
“A beautifully written love song to every young person who has ever moved through fear and found themselves on the other side.”—Jacqueline Woodson, bestselling author of Brown Girl Dreaming
Alone they are lost. Together they are found.
Around the time that Freya loses her voice while recording her debut album, Harun is making plans to run away from everyone he has ever loved, and Nathaniel is arriving in New York City with a backpack, a desperate plan, and nothing left to lose. When a fateful accident draws these three strangers together, their secrets start to unravel as they begin to understand that the way out of their own loss might just lie in helping the others out of theirs.
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.
"In Forman’s wonderfully deft hands, this story of friendship, love, loss and redemption becomes so much more.
I Have Lost My Way is a beautifully written love song to every young person who has ever moved through fear and found themselves on the other side."
—Jacqueline Woodson, author of the National Book Award winner Brown Girl Dreaming
"Elegant and understated . . . A celebration of the lifesaving power of human connection."
—Publishers Weekly, starred review"Stunning doesn't even begin to say it."
—Kirkus Reviews, starred review"Tightly woven and, in places, heartbreaking, this is a masterful exploration of human emotion."
—Booklist"An absolute gem."
—School Library Journal
"A stirring reminder of the great risks of isolation and the immense solace and power that community-even with virtual strangers-can bring."
—The Horn Book"The beloved author returns to the genre that made her famous."
—Cosmopolitan
"Heartwrenching . . . If you are ready to be emotionally wrecked yet again, you are in luck."
—Hypable
A Seventeen Best YA Book of 2018
