What's Broken Between Us
Alexis Bass’s heartbreakingly beautiful second novel is a tale of love, loss and learning to forgive.
Look to the left, look to the right. We’re all going to die. But someone has to do it first. So who’s it going to be?
A year and a half ago, Amanda Tart’s brother got behind the wheel drunk and killed his best friend. Today, he’s coming home from prison. Amanda’s been the one living with the fallout, made worse by her brother’s recent unapologetic TV interview. People think he’s a monster. Still, she loves him. It’s her dark secret, until she starts getting close to Henry again — whose sister is paralyzed from the accident.
A year and a half ago, her brother destroyed his life. Now Amanda has to decide if she’ll let his choice destroy hers.
Bio
Alexis Bass grew up in Washington, went to college in Arizona, and spent her early 20s in Seattle. She graduated from Arizona State University with a business degree as well as a love of writing. She currently lives in Northern California with her husband where she works in marketing and writes novels for young adults.
Praise for this book
Rather than placing judgments, Bass focuses on her characters’ emotional scars and strained relationships as they quietly grieve lost life and innocence.
Publisher's Weekly
There is no “problem of the week” movie ending, reconciliation, or redemption, but life asserts itself and change occurs ... it is, in varying degrees, what many students are trying to navigate. Readers who gravitate towards more somber realistic fiction will enjoy traveling Amanda’s road with her.
VOYA (Voice of Youth Advocates)
