After Zero, Christina Collins
After Zero, Christina Collins
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After Zero

Author: Christina Collins

Narrator: Jesse Vilinsky

Unabridged: 5 hr 8 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 09/04/2018

Synopsis

Elise carries a notebook full of tallies, each page marking a day spent at her new public school, each stroke of her pencil marking a word spoken. A word that can't be taken back. Five tally marks isn't so bad. Two is pretty good. But zero? Zero is perfect. Zero means no wrong answers called out in class, no secrets accidentally spilled, and no conversations to agonize over at night when sleep is far away. But now months have passed, and Elise isn't sure she could speak even if she wanted to-not to keep her only friend, Mel, from drifting further away-and not to ask if anyone else has seen her English teacher's stuffed raven come to life. Then, the discovery of a shocking family secret helps Elise realize that her silence might just be the key to unlocking everything she's ever hoped for...

About Christina Collins

Christina Collins holds an MFA in creative writing from George Mason University. She’s been a writer-in-residence at the Kimmel Harding Nelson Center for the Arts as well as the Art Commune program in Armenia, and she’s taught at George Mason University and Queen’s University Belfast. Born and raised in Massachusetts, she lives in Northern Ireland, where she's always on the lookout for castle ruins and secret gardens. For more information, visit christinacollinsbooks.com, or follow her on Twitter (@stinacoll).

Reviews

Goodreads review by Aj on April 22, 2019

You know those people on Twitter who are always yammering about how they want to “see themselves” in books? Well, this novel confirmed that I’m definitely not one of those people. Just like the main character, I had selective mutism as a child. I’ve never seen it portrayed accurately in any kind of......more

Goodreads review by K.A. on March 22, 2018

This book felt like a small mirror into the quietest parts of myself. Those spaces within the heart that echo and pull at so many unsaid words. A mirror that sees and listens, a mirror that understands. I cried more than once while reading Elise's story. And if you've ever felt too quiet, if you've......more

Goodreads review by Dora on March 31, 2018

We all say things we wish we could take back — the stupid joke no one laughed at, the mispronounced word, the awkward conversation with a crush. They’re the comments that haunt you at night, the ones that replay in your mind’s eye over and over until you feel like your own brain is determined to dri......more

Goodreads review by Amanda on May 01, 2018

I loved this book. such a unique retelling and a MH issue I knew very little about.......more

Goodreads review by Julie on July 19, 2018

A striking, masterfully-voiced debut with the haunting force of myth, AFTER ZERO offers an intimate picture of the healing power of writing, and owning one’s truth when grief and anxiety isolate us in a world too heavy to bear. Strongly recommended. Christina Collins is one to watch.......more

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