The Leaving Room by Amber McBride Marriage A moving “What if” story

A moving “What if” story of what it is to be a woman in the modern world—never feeling we’re getting it quite right—about learning to slow down and appreciate life that is sure to resonate with women’s fiction readers

(previously published as The Grisha Trilogy)

Philip Pullman is using the language of fantasy to illuminate our world and to explore the deepest questions of what it means to be alive and awake to all the splendors and horrors around us

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The Leaving Room by Amber McBride Marriage A moving “What if” storyFor fans of You've Reached Sam and If I Stay, a hauntingly beautiful, ultimately hopeful novel in verse about a girl in between life and death, by National Book Award Finalist Amber McBride. Gospel is the Keeper of the Leaving Rooma place all young people must phase through when they die. The young are never ready to leave; they need a moment to remember and a Keeper to help their wispy souls along. When a random door opens and a Keeper named Melodee