I know the Publisher's Summary says not YA but, IMO, it is. and roads that will lead them to their ultimate destruction. Roads that are dangerous, roads where they will be hunted fugitives as the Police close in. and uncharted tomorrows will follow as they desperately run with Evan's ESP dreams and senses guiding them along unknown roads. with bloodshed, murder, grief and insecurity. But their second chance will come at a price. and it will be four long and challenging years before they will get a second chance. But, before they can make their longed for escape, Fate throws in a cruel and vicious wrench that'll have dire consequences on those tender hopes, those dreams. but together they become strong, dream of a better life and plan big. They are both damaged, both had heartbreaking stories to tell and both are misunderstood. Their broken souls instantly connect and reformed as the mysterious handsome tortured boy meets the scarred school slut and, as the days quickly pass, Jo and Evan become everything to each other and an unbreakable bond is formed.
Jo's new to town, she's 17 when she first meets 18 yr old Evan at High School - she's the feisty School outcast and he's the School's so-called freak. Trigger warning: some domestic violence (in the story) and mentions of sexual abuse. It is not YA mature subject matter and sexual situations. It carries the characters from high school through to their early twenties. How to Save a Life is a complete second-chance standalone novel with shades of the paranormal. Over 12 days across America's heartland, deep secrets come to light, buried pasts are unearthed, and the line between dreams and reality is blurred as Evan and Jo fight to hold on to their soul-deep love, and discover that there is more than one way to save a life.
Guided by Evan's strange intuition, they flee her small Louisiana town, on the run from the police, and Jo begins to suspect there is something more to his sudden return than he admits. Evan seems like a fading dream.until he reappears at the moment she needs him most. Cruel circumstances tore them apart, and four years later, the sweet memory of their time together is dissolving under the punishing reality of Jo's life now. In the cool of the water and the warmth of Evan's arms around her, Jo had tasted something close to happiness. For a few short weeks, Jo had found perfect solace in Evan's company, sneaking every night to meet him at the local pool. The boy who seemed to know things no one could know.
More and more, her thoughts turn to Evan Salinger, the boy she knew in high school. A harrowing past haunts her every time she looks in the mirror, and she can't escape the violence of her everyday life.
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