Between the Bliss and Me, Lizzy Mason
Between the Bliss and Me, Lizzy Mason
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Between the Bliss and Me

Author: Lizzy Mason

Narrator: Laura Knight Keating

Unabridged: 9 hr 27 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Recorded Books

Published: 04/06/2021


Synopsis

When eighteen-year-old Sydney Holman announces that she has decided to attend NYU, her overprotective mom is devastated. Her decision means she will be living in the Big City instead of commuting to nearby Rutgers like her mom had
hoped. It also means she’ll be close to off-limits but dreamy Grayson—a guitar prodigy who is going to Juilliard in the fall and very much isn’t single.

But while she dreams of her new life, Sydney discovers a world-changing truth about her father. She knew he left when she was little due to a drug addiction. But
no one told her he had schizophrenia or that he was currently living on the streets of New York City.

She seizes the opportunity to get to know him, to understand who he is and learn what may lie in store for her if she, too, is diagnosed.

Even as she continues to fall for Grayson, Sydney is faced with a difficult decision: Stay close to home so her mom can watch over her, or follow her dreams despite the risks?

Reviews

Goodreads review by Nilufer on May 01, 2021

This is bittersweet. You smile. You cry. You sigh. You sniff. You wipe your tears more. Then eventually you nod and accept. I feel my heart hurts but it is still filled with so much hope after I finished my reading. Such a bittersweet, thought provoking, moving story about mental illness, coping mec......more

Goodreads review by sarah on May 08, 2021

Between the Bliss and Me is an ambitious young adult contemporary novel that tackles heavy subject matter while maintaining the conventions of its age range. It makes topics like mental health, substance abuse and schizophrenia accessible for a younger audience, something I think is incredibly impor......more

Goodreads review by Liza on July 27, 2020

Phenomenal read! My official blurb: Filled with compassion and hope, BETWEEN THE BLISS AND ME opens a window into the world of mental illness in an intimate, eye-opening, and thought-provoking way. Impossible to put down, readers will finish the last page knowing that love, acceptance and self-care a......more

Goodreads review by Marieke on April 03, 2021

I read this story in less than a day. Soho Teen surprised me by suddenly approving my request for an ARC just before publication date. My request had been pending for months (like about three or four or so ...), and after the sudden approval (thanks Soho Teen!) I decided to read it almost immediatel......more

Goodreads review by Connie on June 03, 2021

I received a copy of this book from the publisher via Netgalley. Thank you to both. This gift has not changed my opinion of the book. I wanted to love this book. Posed as a hard-hitting, heart hurting, laugh inspiring book, it sounded right up my street. However, I was quickly put off by our main......more