Little Universes, Heather Demetrios
Little Universes, Heather Demetrios
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Little Universes

Author: Heather Demetrios

Narrator: Jesse Vilinsky, Rebekkah Ross

Unabridged: 16 hr 19 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 04/07/2020


Synopsis

Heather Demetrios's Little Universes is an audiobook about the powerful bond between sisters, the kinds of love that never die, and the journey we all must make through the baffling cruelty and unexpected beauty of human life in an incomprehensible universe.

One wave: that’s all it takes for the rest of Mae and Hannah Winters’ lives to change.

When a tsunami strikes the island where their parents are vacationing, it soon becomes clear that their mom and dad are never coming home. Forced to move to Boston from sunny California for the rest of their senior year, each girl struggles with secrets their parents’ death has brought to light, and with their uncertainty about the future. Instead of bringing them closer, it feels like the wave has torn the sisters apart.

Hannah is a secret poet who wants to be seen, but only knows how to hide. The pain pills she stole from her dead father hurl her onto the shores of an addiction she can’t shake and a dealer who turns her heart upside down. When it’s clear Hannah’s drowning, Mae, a budding astronaut suddenly launched into an existential crisis—and unexpected love—must choose between herself and the only family she has left.

A Macmillan Audio production from Henry Holt and Company

About Heather Demetrios

Heather Demetrios is the author of several critically acclaimed novels including Something Real and I'll Meet You There. She is a recipient of the PEN New England Susan P. Bloom Discovery Award and has an MFA in Writing for Children and Young Adults from Vermont College of Fine Arts. When she isn’t traipsing around the world or spending time in imaginary places, she lives with her husband in North Carolina.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Claude's on October 23, 2020

CW: (view spoiler)[suicide, drug addiction, death of parents, abortion, sexual assault, drug overdose, depression, child neglect, child removal from social services, extramarital affair (hide spoiler)] Well that was relentlessly sad and heavy. I would recommend looking at the content warnings before reading this. A sense of hopeles......more

Goodreads review by Maria on September 22, 2021

Things I love about this book: -POETRY -Random analogies about the universe and human emotions. -random science/physics facts I won't bother looking up elsewhere. -Mae and Nah's love for each other; the bond. -Playlists -Mae and Nah trying to make sense of the universe on their own ways. -Boys crying becau......more

Goodreads review by Jeannine on June 20, 2020

This book held NOTHING back. It attacked and attacked and attacked. I was ugly crying for about half of it. But I regret nothing, because it was SO. DAMN. BEAUTIFUL. I absolutely loved the juxtaposition of Mae and Hannah - the author did an amazing job and I won't be forgetting this book anytime soo......more

Goodreads review by Amy on April 10, 2020

I don't think i'll be writing a review for this one. It was a very emotional read. ***** Blog | Instagram......more

Goodreads review by Maria on April 10, 2020

(4.5 stars!) This book...if you have siblings, you’ll want to read this one especially! Well-developed characters, fascinating plot line, girls in STEM. This book is perfection! Definitely a must-read YA book......more