A Flicker in the Clarity
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3.5 • 2 Ratings
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- $7.99
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- $7.99
Publisher Description
Award-winning author Amy McNamara explores the emotional fallout after a girl cuts ties with her best friend. Perfect for fans of Jandy Nelson and Jennifer Niven.
Evie and Emma are inseparable. Two halves of a whole, they balance each other until Evie makes a flip decision that gets Emma in serious trouble.
Feeling the sting of betrayal, Emma freezes Evie out. Evie is full of regret, desperately sorry, sad, and—for the first time in her life—entirely alone.
Then Evie meets Theo, a boy who offers her a view of the world through a different lens. Just as she lets herself fall for Theo, Emma resurfaces—but not without consequence.
Emma’s erratic behavior, drunken mishaps, and panicked phone calls leave Evie afraid there’s something deeper going on. Evie wants to help Emma, but Emma is bent on self-destruction.
All Evie wanted was her friend back—but can you help someone who doesn’t want to be saved?
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Seventeen-year-olds Evie and Emma are best friends, but since the death of Emma's brother in a drunk-driving accident, Emma has been spiraling out of control. Evie grows frustrated by what she sees as Emma's increasingly reckless behavior (sneaking out, partying, and dating older men). In Emma's absence, Evie meets Theo, an enigmatic boy with his own painful past who helps her in her quest to save Emma from herself. Evie and Emma's relationship is thoughtfully constructed; the highs and lows of what has transformed into a twisted version of friendship are realistically rendered. Readers will identify with Evie's struggle to balance her desire to help her friend with her own needs and emotional health. Evie's penchant for making maps of neighborhoods, of people, of souls adds complexity to her character, illustrating her need to make sense of the world while highlighting how devastating she finds Emma's absence and self-destructive behavior. McNamara (Lovely, Dark, and Deep) gives readers a quiet, brooding story of friendship and learning when it's time to let go. Ages 14 up.
