While I’m Falling

July 27, 2009

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WHILE I’M FALLING
by Laura Moriarty

Hyperion Books
$14.99 Trade Paperback
ISBN-13: 9781401310233
July 2010

Hyperion Books
$24.99, Hardcover
ISBN-13:  978-1-4013-0272-6
August 2009
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The tug-at-your-heart new novel by the bestselling author of The Rest of Her Life and The Center of Everything.  Every mother and daughter should read this story of a family in the midst of profound change!

“Laura Moriarty writes with unflinching honesty and clear-eyed compassion. . . . Her characters are as real as mirrors and sentiment never crosses the line to sentimentality. I carried this book everywhere I went.”
—Jacqueline Mitchard, author of The Deep End of the Ocean

“WHILE I’M FALLING deftly captures the moment a child realizes that growing up means being responsible for your parents’ mistakes-and preventing yourself from making the same ones. Laura Moriarty keeps getting better and better.”
-Jodi Picoult, author of Handle with Care

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ABOUT THE BOOK

In WHILE I’M FALLING, Laura Moriarty presents a compelling depiction of how one young woman’s life changes when her family breaks up for good.

Ever since her parents announced that they’re getting divorced, Veronica has been falling. Hard. A junior in college, she has fallen in love. She has fallen behind in her difficult coursework. She hates her job as counselor at the dorm, and she longs for the home that no longer exists. When an attempt to escape the pressure, combined with bad luck, lands her in a terrifying situation, a shaken Veronica calls her mother for help-only to find her former foundation too preoccupied to offer any assistance at all.

But Veronica only gets to feel hurt for so long. Her mother shows up at the dorm with a surprising request-and with the elderly family dog in tow. Boyfriend complications ensue, along with her father’s sudden interest in dating. Veronica soon finds herself with a new set of problems, and new questions about love and independence.

Darkly humorous, beautifully written, and filled with crystalline observations about how families fall apart, WHILE I’M FALLINGtakes a deep look at the relationship between a daughter and a mother when one is trying to grow up and the other is trying to stay afloat.

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Laura Moriarty received her master’s degree from the University of Kansas and was awarded the George Bennett Fellowship for Creative Writing at Phillips Exeter Academy. The author of The Center of Everything and The Rest of Her Life, she lives in Lawrence, Kansas.For more information, please visit http://www.lauramoriarty.net


Another Midwest Connections Pick you’ll want to read —

THE REST OF HER LIFE
by Laura Moriarty

Hyperion Books
Fiction
Hardcover, $23.95
ISBN-13 978-1-4013-0271-9, ISBN-10 0-4013-0271-8
Trade Paperback, $14.95
ISBN-13 978-1-4013-0943-5; ISBN-10: 1-4013-0943-7

“Laura elevates the experiences of the characters to a level any mother or daughter or sister will relate to – and if you happen to be all three, you won’t want to miss this book.”
- Sarah Bagby, Watermark Books & Café, Wichita, KS

“Absolutely stunning! This book is a must-read for all parents, especially mothers. Beginning with one of the worst possible things that could happen within a family, the author, Laura Moriarty, takes the reader on a journey of pain, discovery, understanding and illumination that left me asking this question: how can someone this young (Moriarty is a single mother of a three-year-old daughter) have this much insight and wisdom into all that is involved in being a parent? I wish this book was going to be published by Mother’s Day and Father’s Day as it would be a terrific gift suggestion. As it is, we’ll have to wait for August to share the talents of Laura Moriarty with our readers. For all fans of Picoult, Mitchard, and Berg, this will be a powerful read. Highly recommended!”
- Nancy Simpson, The Book Vault, Oskaloosa, IA

“Are the sins of the parents visited upon the children, or vice versa? Laura Moriarty’s raw, honest novel about an ordinary family whose life changes in one extraordinary moment resonates like an emotional tuning fork. You’ll be asking yourself what you would do in this situation, long after you’ve finished reading.”
- Jodi Picoult, author of Nineteen Minutes and My Sister’s Keeper

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