How It Feels To Float

by Author Helena Fox

  • Publisher Dial Books
  • Year published 2019
  • ISBN: ISBN 978-0525554295
  • Number of pages 384 pages
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Book description

Sixteen-year-old Biz sees her father every day, though he died when she was seven. When he suddenly disappears, she tumbles into a disaster-land of grief and depression from which she must find her way back. In this young adult story, Helena Fox describes love and grief, inter-generational mental illness, and how living with it is both a bridge to someone loved and lost and, also, a chasm. ebook icon Audio book icon

Kirkus Reviews Best Book of the Year A Chicago Public Library Best of the Best of the Year

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About the Author
Author description

Helena Fox is an author, poet and writing mentor, living by the ocean on Dharawal Country in Wollongong, Australia. She mentors young writers and runs writing workshops to support mental health. Helena received her MFA in Creative Writing from Warren Wilson College. She can be found mostly on Instagram at @helenafoxoz, posting pictures of the sea and talking about kindness.

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