青少年版的「瓶中美人」，如希薇亞普拉絲般的詩性敘寫結構，讓人讀來如癡如醉！
Biz是一個17歲的青少女，深陷未確診的精神疾病，在充斥著幻覺、分離恐懼與驚恐中生活。她抽離自我，漂浮著，看著不斷出現的父親，那個十年前就已去世的父親，聊著從小的過往，享受著父親的陪伴，讓她深感安慰。她沒有告訴其他家人父親的存在，沒有述說她內心的黑暗和失控的想法。直到事情變得無法控制，她被迫輟學，開始接受臨床治療。作者Helena Fox透過第一人稱敘述，是本具有抒情性和深遠影響的優美散文，並細緻的描述出了精神疾病的遺傳效應。（文／博客來編譯）
A stunning, profound, deeply hopeful portrayal of living with mental illness and grief, from an exceptional new voice in YA
Biz knows how to float. She has her people, her posse, her mom and the twins. She has Grace. And she has her dad, who tells her about the little kid she was, who loves her so hard, and who shouldn’t be here but is. So Biz doesn’t tell anyone anything. Not about her dark, runaway thoughts, not about kissing Grace or noticing Jasper, the new boy. And she doesn’t tell anyone about her dad. Because her dad died when she was seven. And Biz knows how to float, right there on the surface--normal okay regular fine.
But after what happens on the beach--first in the ocean, and then in the sand--the tethers that hold Biz steady come undone. Dad disappears and, with him, all comfort. It might be easier, better, sweeter to float all the way away? Or maybe stay a little longer, find her father, bring him back to her. Or maybe--maybe maybe maybe--there’s a third way Biz just can’t see yet.
This is a mesmerizing, radiant debut, at once gutting, humorous, and impossible to put down. Helena Fox tells a story about love and grief and family and friendship, about inter-generational mental illness, and how living with it is both a bridge to someone loved and lost and also a chasm. She explores the hard, bewildering, and beautiful places loss can take us, and honors those who hold us tightly when the current wants to tug us out to sea.
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