num_pages: 336
description: Perfect for fans of Jennifer Nivens New York Times bestseller All the Bright Places this contemporary YA novel explores the friendship between a girl in constant pain and a boy who feels nothing at all.Samantha Herring has been in constant pain ever since the car accident that injured her leg and killed her mother. After pushing her friends away Sam has receded into a fog of depression until she meets Eliot a carefree impulsive loner who is unable to feel any pain at all. At first Sam is jealous. She would give anything to not feel the pain shes felt for the past year. But the more she learns about Eliots medical condition the more she notices his self-destructive tendencies.In fact Eliot doesnt seem to care about anythingexcept Sam. And as they grow closer they begin to confront Sams painful memories of the accident memories that hold a startling truth about what really happened that day.
language: English
title: The Art of Feeling
publisher: HarperTeen