If I Stay

Forman, G. (2014). If I stay. New York, New York :, Viking, an imprint of Penguin Group. Mia and her family are enjoying the unexpected holiday of a snow day. As her family plans out the day, Mia thinks about her boyfriend’s band in which she was planning on attending their concert that evening. As a gifted cellist, a future Julliard student, plans on practicing with a pianist but her cello is back at school. Mia’s family decides to go for a drive and later meet up with her grandparents for dinner. During the drive, the family battles out the music on the radio station. Mia wakes up to a totaled vehicle and sees her dead parents. She rushes to the aid of what she thought was her brother, but comes to find that it is her that the paramedics are working on. Mia finds herself in a coma with a conscience mind. She reminisces about her life and sees her grandparents and family members visit. With the passing of her brother, she realizes it is too difficult to live a life without her family, and the suffering she will endure. As she decides to slip away, her boyfriend, Adam reaches out to her by making her listen to a piece from her favorite cellist and decides on a choice to live. Even though she has endured loss, there is hope for the future. Mia’s difficult decision on staying or joining her family was a hard decision to make. The possibility of love and success in her future gave her the strength to make the difficult decision to live. Having all those memories of her loved ones will help her battle out the recovery she has up ahead. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SrpMNXdEl3Q