Gayle Forman Books

Allyson Healey's life is exactly like her suitcase--packed, planned, ordered. Then on the last day of her three-week post-graduation European tour, she meets Willem. A free-spirited, roving actor, Willem is everything she's not, and when he invites her to abandon her plans and come to Paris with him, Allyson says yes. This uncharacteristic decision leads to a day of risk and romance, liberation and intimacy: twenty-four hours that will transform Allyson's life.

Recounts the story of Mia, a gifted cellist, as she struggles with survivor guilt after a car accident that kills her parents and younger brother.

Gayle Forman's entire swoony JUST ONE trilogy in a single volume--ideal for binge reading! It all starts when American good girl Allyson--better known as Lulu-- decides to spend just one day in Paris with Dutch hottie Willem. It's a whirlwind adventure filled with heart-racing romance, but the next day Willem is gone without a trace. What follows is one year of searching that ends with a steamy reunion on the one wonderful night when they finally find one another again. Filled with mystery, drama, adventure, and of course romance, this is a swoony and satisfying entry point for new readers of Gayle Forman's bestselling fiction. Includes: Just One Day, Just One Year, and the novella Just One Night

“Joyful, occasionally heartbreaking, deeply moving.” —R. J. Palacio, bestselling author of Wonder In the debut middle grade novel from #1 New York Times bestselling author Gayle Forman comes a poignant and powerful coming-of-age story that follows a young girl and her new friend as they learn about family, friendship, allyship, and finding your way in a complicated world. It’s the summer of 1987, and all ten-year-old Bug wants to do is go to the beach with her older brother and hang out with the locals on the boardwalk. But Danny wants to be with his own friends, and Bug’s mom is too busy, so Bug is stuck with their neighbor Philip’s nephew, Frankie. Bug’s not too excited about hanging out with a kid she’s never met, but they soon find some common ground. And as the summer unfolds, they find themselves learning some important lessons about each other, and the world. Like what it means to be your true self and how to be a good ally for others. That family can be the people you’re related to, but also the people you choose to have around you. And that even though life isn’t always fair, we can all do our part to make it more just.

After spending one life-changing day in Paris with laid-back Dutch actor Willem De Ruiter, sheltered American good girl Allyson "Lulu" Healey discovered her new lover had disappeared without a trace. Just One Day followed Allyson's quest to reunite with Willem; Just One Year chronicled the pair's year apart from Willem's perspective. Now, back together at last, this delectable e-novella reveals the couple's final chapter.

Adam, now a rising rock star, and Mia, a successful cellist, reunite in New York and reconnect after the horrific events that tore them apart when Mia almost died in a car accident three years earlier.

Sparks fly when American good girl Allyson encounters laid back Dutch actor Willem, so she follows him on a whirlwind trip to Paris, upending her life in just one day and prompting a year of self discovery and the search for true love.

'Just listen,' Adam says with a voice that sounds like shrapnel. I open my eyes wide now. I sit up as much as I can. And I listen. Stay, he says.Everybody has to make choices.Some might break you.For seventeen-year-old Mia, surrounde

After spending an amazing day and night with a nameless girl in Paris, Willem embarks on his own transformative journey to find her once again.

Wir wissen alle, wie es sich anfühlt, überfordert zu sein, keine Kraft mehr zu haben – aber immer weiter machen zu müssen.Maribeth Klein, Anfang 40, in New York, ist so damit beschäftigt, die perfekte Mutter von kleinen Zwillingen, Ehefrau und Mitarbeiterin zu sein, dass sie vor lauter Stress gar nicht merkt, dass sie einen Herzinfarkt hatte. Erst als sie nach einer Notoperation völlig geschwächt wieder zu Hause ist und begreift, dass Familie und Job ihr keine Möglichkeit lassen, zu Kräften zu kommen, trifft sie eine unglaubliche Entscheidung: Sie packt eine kleine Tasche und geht. Gayle Forman erzählt auf ergreifende Weise davon, wie viel Mut es braucht, sich für das Leben zu entscheiden, und davon, dass man manchmal von zu Hause fortgehen muss, um wieder dorthin zurückfinden zu können.Ein Roman, der große Fragen stellt und uns mitnimmt bis dorthin, wo sich Liebe und Leben treffen. Ein Buch, das ehrlicher, aufwühlender und lebensbejahender nicht sein könnte.