It is, however, a compelling and important story.
It is not an easy book to read and trigger warnings should be heeded.
This is a visceral and haunting exploration of mental illness and grief. The author says.Ĭlick on the icon below for a video of Helena Fox talking about How it Feels to Float.Ĭlick on the icon below for a video of Helena Fox reading an excerpt from How it Feels to Float. And Biz knows how to float, right there on the surface - normal okay regular fine. And she doesn't tell anyone about her dad. Not about her dark, runaway thoughts, not about kissing Grace or noticing Jasper, the new boy. And she has her dad, who tells her about the little kid she was, and who shouldn't be here but is. She has her people, posse, her mum and the twins. Readers will be deeply moved.Biz knows how to float. "This is not a book it is a work of art." (Kerry Kletter, author of The First Time She Drowned) Read it." (Cath Crowley, author of Words in Deep Blue) "This book will explode you into atoms." (Margo Lanagan, author of Tender Morsels) "Frank beautifully crafted." ( BookPage starred review) "Fox writes with superb understanding and tenderness." ( BCCB starred review) Just beautiful." ( Booklist starred review) "Lyrical and profoundly affecting." ( Kirkus starred review) "Nothing short of exquisite." ( PopSugar) "I haven't been so dazzled by a YA in ages." (Jandy Nelson, author of I'll Give You the Sun via SLJ) She explores the hard and beautiful places loss can take us and honors those who hold us tightly when the current wants to tug us out to sea. Or maybe - maybe, maybe, maybe - there's a third way Biz just can't see yet.ĭebut author Helena Fox tells a story about love and grief, about inter-generational mental illness, and how living with it is both a bridge to someone loved and lost and, also, a chasm. Might it be easier, better, sweeter to float all the way away? Or maybe stay a little longer, find her father, bring him back to her.
Dad disappears and with him, all comfort. And Biz knows how to float, right there on the surface - normal, okay, regular, fine.īut after what happens on the beach - first in the ocean, and then in the sand - the tethers that hold Biz steady come undone. She has her people, her posse, her mom, and the twins. Will take your breath away." (Kathleen Glasgow, author of Girl in Pieces )Ī stunningly gorgeous and deeply hopeful portrayal of living with mental illness and grief, from an exceptional new voice.īiz knows how to float. A Chicago Public Library Best of the Best of the Year
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