Who I Was with Her

by Nita Tyndall Narrated by Jesse Vilinsky

Overview

""A beautiful, poised, and thought-provoking debut about love, loss, coming out, and discovering living life on your own terms."" -New York Times bestselling author Kathleen Glasgow

There are two things that Corinne Parker knows to be true: that she is in love with Maggie Bailey, the captain of the rival high school's cross-country team and her secret girlfriend of a year, and that she isn't ready for anyone to know she's bisexual.

But then Maggie dies, and Corinne quickly learns that the only thing worse than losing Maggie is being left heartbroken over a relationship no one knows existed. And to make things even more complicated, the only person she can turn to is Elissa-Maggie's ex, and the single person who understands how Corinne is feeling.

As Corinne struggles to make sense of her grief and what she truly wants out of life, she begins to have feelings for the last person she should fall for. But to move forward after losing Maggie, Corinne will have to learn to be honest with the people in her life...starting with herself.

Editorial Reviews

From the Publisher

"Rival cross-country high school athletes Corinne and Maggie are lovers but have kept their relationship a secret; when Maggie dies, Corinne is left to grieve alone. The story is told in alternating before/after timelines, so readers experience Corinne’s romance with Maggie as well as the aftermath of her death. Suspense is ramped up well as the plot develops to reveal who else knew about but kept their relationship a secret, why, and at what cost. The focus on bisexuality is welcome." — Kirkus Reviews

"A beautiful, poised, and thought-provoking debut about love, loss, coming out, and discovering living life on your own terms."  — New York Times bestselling author Kathleen Glasgow

New York Times bestselling author Kathleen Glasgow

"A beautiful, poised, and thought-provoking debut about love, loss, coming out, and discovering living life on your own terms." 

Kirkus Reviews

2020-06-30
Rival cross-country high school athletes Corinne and Maggie are lovers but have kept their relationship a secret; when Maggie dies, Corinne is left to grieve alone.

Corinne and her parents moved to North Carolina from Colorado two and a half years before this, her senior year. It’s been a culture shift for Corinne, made more difficult by her parents’ divorce due to her mother’s alcoholism. Running has been a way for her to fit in, and she shares that love with her best friend, Julia. What she hasn’t shared with Julia—or anybody else—is her relationship with Maggie. However, Maggie’s brother, Dylan, did know and, after her death, introduces her to Elissa, an ex-girlfriend of Maggie’s. As Corinne grieves, she must also grapple with her future and whether she wants to come out. The story is told in alternating before/after timelines, so readers experience Corinne’s romance with Maggie as well as the aftermath of her death. Suspense is ramped up well as the plot develops to reveal who else knew about but kept their relationship a secret, why, and at what cost. Clever typography makes delightful small prose poems within the text. The focus on bisexuality is welcome, and asexuality is discussed. Corinne and Maggie are White; several secondary characters are brown-skinned (one is cued by name as South Asian).

Love and death, secrets and honesty: a highly readable love story of two girls. (Fiction. 13-18)

Product Details

BN ID:	2940177172705
Publisher:	HarperCollins
Publication date:	09/15/2020
Edition description:	Unabridged

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