The impossible knife of memory
By: Laurie Halse Anderson
Publisher: Scholastic
Published: 2014
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 374
ISBN-13: 9781407147666
Subjects: Fathers and daughters; Post-traumatic stress disorder; Man-woman relationships; Teenage girls; Juvenile fiction; Veterans
Description: For the past five years Hayley Kincain and her father, Andy, have been on the road, never staying long in one place as he struggles to escape the demons that have tortured him since his return from Iraq. Now they are back in town where he grew up so Hayley can go to a proper school. Perhaps, for the first time, Hayley can have a normal life, put aside her own painful memories, even have a relationship with Finn, the hot guy who obviously likes her but is hiding secrets of his own. Will being back home help Andy's PTSD, or will his terrible memories drag him to the edge of hell, and drugs push him over?
Notes: For young adults.