The Breaks Between You and Me
by Taiya Collier
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GENRE: Young Adult Fiction Romance
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BLURB:
Somewhere
out in the hills of Montana, 17-year-old Harper Cassidy has a home. Really, she
does! And so does her sister, Lil. But since all they’ve ever done is skip
across the Pacific Northwest from town to town, following her mom’s every
desire from Montana to California, it’s been getting harder and harder to feel
rooted anywhere.
Until tragedy strikes.
And, before she knows it, Harper is... free. Free to go home to Montana and
return to a stability she never had. Only, there are several problems standing
in her way.
First, she has to
create a stable life for her and her seven-year-old sister. Second, she has to
do it alone. And third, worst of all, she has to keep her mother’s absence a
secret from the people she grew up with: her grandfather, her aunt, and him,
the boy.
Andy Madden is Harper’s
best friend, and the answer to her aching loneliness, but he is also the threat
to containing the secret that her life depends on. A secret that seems just a
little too heavy for any one person to keep.
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Excerpt One:
Younger me goes wild running across these floors. In the
kitchen I’m making jam with Mom. On the living room’s stained couch, there’s
me, my scraped-up arm, and you, busy patching up scrapes with Spiderman
Band-Aids with an ironic amount of doctor formality. On the four-seater table a
couple steps away, are the piles of magazines I would bury myself in because I
liked the feeling of losing myself in vivid, exaggerated, and bold colors and
shapes and silhouettes. Younger, nostalgia-bound me runs across the dusty dirty
floors of this house boundless and uncatchable and she laughs and giggles loud
enough that it can no longer be considered music.
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AUTHOR Bio and Links:
At just
eighteen years old, Taiya Collier is already making a name for herself as an
author. The Austin-native has set her sights on creating age inclusivity within
young adult fiction and shattering the notion that writing about teen life can
only be done by middle-aged writers who lack true understanding of the experience.
She's published four books so far, each filled with riveting storylines sure to
enthrall readers from start to finish! By inspiring other teens towards
authorship, she hopes to build up a new generation of YA novelists capable of
capturing accurate accounts of today’s youth culture. Taiya is currently
attending college full time while continuing to write as often as she can. Her
recent works explore themes of identity, strength, growth, and resilience in
young adulthood—all of which are important aspects of her journey as a writer.
In addition to writing her own stories, Taiya is also involved in various
literary events and speaking engagements throughout the year. As an advocate
for literary inclusion, she uses these opportunities to spread awareness about
the importance of diverse representation on all platforms.
https://instagram.com/authortaiyacollier
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0BJJF1XZ5
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GIVEAWAY
Taiya Collier will be awarding "bookish" sweatshirt and sticker
pack (US ONLY) to a randomly drawn winner via rafflecopter during the tour.
This sounds like a good story.
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