03827cam a2200373 4500 240236433 TxAuBib 20140811120000.0 ||||||s2015||||||||||||||||||||||||und|u 9780553556117 0553556118 2c7eab89-f140-47fd-b76b-335e6b7c9d97 OverDrive (Reserve ID) 1928915 OverDrive (Product ID) TxAuBib Forman, Gayle. I Was Here [Libby Audiobook]. Penguin Random House Audio Publishing Group, 2015. Format: OverDrive OverDrive MP3 Audiobook, Filesize: 216MB. Format: OverDrive OverDrive Listen, Filesize: 216MB. HTML:<b>Cody and Meg were inseparable.</b><br /> <b>Two peas in a pod.</b><br /> <b>Until . . . they weren't anymore.</b><br /> <br /> When her best friend Meg drinks a bottle of industrial-strength cleaner alone in a motel room, Cody is understandably shocked and devastated. She and Meg shared everything--so how was there no warning? But when Cody travels to Meg's college town to pack up the belongings left behind, she discovers that there's a lot that Meg never told her. About her old roommates, the sort of people Cody never would have met in her dead-end small town in Washington. About Ben McAllister, the boy with a guitar and a sneer, and some secrets of his own. And about an encrypted computer file that Cody can't open--until she does, and suddenly everything Cody thought she knew about her best friend's death gets thrown into question.<br /> <br /> <i>I Was Here</i> is Gayle Forman at her finest, a taut, emotional, and ultimately redemptive story about redefining the meaning of family and finding a way to move forward even in the face of unspeakable loss. Narrator Jorjeana Marie's wide range of shifting reactions gives a convincing picture of 18-year-old Cody, who learns that her best friend, Meg, has committed suicide. Could there be any situation that provokes a more complex tangle of emotions? Marie provides subtle shadings throughout. Cody's grief and sorrow are tinged with warm memories that suddenly give way to a reproachful tone, then disgust at the town's endless eulogizing and guilt at her own lack of awareness of her friend's pain. While Cody's outward expression seems snarky, listeners are privy to the anger that fuels her search for the person who aided Meg in her suicide as well as her fear of that confrontation, her torment at discovering first love with a boy she holds partially responsible for Meg's death, and her unremitting need to forgive herself. S.W. Winner of AudioFile Earphones Award © AudioFile 2015, Portland, Maine. AudioFile Magazine. Young Adult Fiction. Mystery. Media Type: Audiobook. Earphones Award. Importer Version: 2014-01-08.01 Import Date: 2015-08-11 10:13:24. Marie, Jorjeana. http://slc.lib.overdrive.com/ContentDetails.htm?ID=2c7eab89-f140-47fd-b76b-335e6b7c9d97 http://excerpts.cdn.overdrive.com/FormatType-25/1191-1/1928915-IWasHere.wma Excerpt (OverDrive MP3 Audiobook) http://excerpts.cdn.overdrive.com/FormatType-425/1191-1/1928915-IWasHere.mp3 Excerpt (OverDrive MP3 Audiobook) http://samples.overdrive.com/?crid=2C7EAB89-F140-47FD-B76B-335E6B7C9D97&.epub-sample.overdrive.com Excerpt (OverDrive MP3 Audiobook) http://excerpts.cdn.overdrive.com/FormatType-25/1191-1/1928915-IWasHere.wma Excerpt (OverDrive Listen) http://excerpts.cdn.overdrive.com/FormatType-425/1191-1/1928915-IWasHere.mp3 Excerpt (OverDrive Listen) http://samples.overdrive.com/?crid=2C7EAB89-F140-47FD-B76B-335E6B7C9D97&.epub-sample.overdrive.com Excerpt (OverDrive Listen)