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You'll Miss Me When I'm Gone

  • Sep 29, 2020
  • Rachel Lynn Solomon
  • 382 responses.

You ll Miss Me When I m Gone Eighteen year old twins Adina and Tovah have little in common besides their ambitious nature Viola prodigy Adina yearns to become a soloist and to convince her music teacher he wants her the way she w

  • Title: You'll Miss Me When I'm Gone
  • Author: Rachel Lynn Solomon
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  • Page: 315
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    • Eighteen year old twins Adina and Tovah have little in common besides their ambitious nature Viola prodigy Adina yearns to become a soloist and to convince her music teacher he wants her the way she wants him Overachiever Tovah awaits her acceptance to Johns Hopkins, the first step on her path toward med school and a career as a surgeon But one thing could wreck their cEighteen year old twins Adina and Tovah have little in common besides their ambitious nature Viola prodigy Adina yearns to become a soloist and to convince her music teacher he wants her the way she wants him Overachiever Tovah awaits her acceptance to Johns Hopkins, the first step on her path toward med school and a career as a surgeon But one thing could wreck their carefully planned futures a genetic test for Huntington s, a rare degenerative disease that slowly steals control of the body and mind It s turned their Israeli mother into a near stranger and fractured the sisters own bond in ways they ll never admit While Tovah finds comfort in their Jewish religion, Adina rebels against its rules.When the results come in, one twin tests negative for Huntington s The other tests positive.These opposite outcomes push them farther apart as they wrestle with guilt, betrayal, and the unexpected thrill of first love How can they repair their relationship, and is it even worth saving From debut author Rachel Lynn Solomon comes a luminous, heartbreaking tale of life, death, and the fragile bond between sisters.

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    1. Rachel Lynn Solomon

      Rachel Lynn Solomon is a Pacific Northwest native who loves rainy days, tap dancing, red lipstick, and new wave music Her debut contemporary YA novel, You ll Miss Me When I m Gone, is out now from Simon Schuster Simon Pulse Her second book, Our Year of Maybe, is slated for early 2019 Rachel has written for newspapers, produced a radio show that aired in the middle of the night, and worked for NPR, and she currently works in education Rachel lives in Seattle with her boyfriend and tiny dog She s represented by Laura Bradford of Bradford Literary Agency.

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    1. Tomorrow , when we turn eighteen, Adi and I will take a genetic test that will tell us whether we ve inheritedour mother s Huntington s disease, the asteroid that knocked our family out of orbit four years ago The black hole swallowing her up Tova and Adina Adi , are Fraternal twins Adi doesn t feel ready to take the test She doesn t want to know Tova does want to know Because of a past incident a couple years ago between the sisters Adi has promised she would take the test with her sister Tova [...]

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    2. Update on 1 2 18 YOU LL MISS ME WHEN I M GONE is officially out in the world today Update on 11 14 17 Now that advance copies are out in the world, I want to note that this book deals with heavy issues that aren t evident from the description Adding a TW here for self harm and suicidal ideation If you would like specific page numbers or further information, please let me know, and I m happy to provide that You can contact me through my website rachelsolomonbooks con Update YOU LL MISS ME WHEN I [...]

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    3. Sonatas and concertos tell stories They make you feel every possible emotion, sometimes all within a single piece they are joy and tragedy and fear and hate and love They are everything I never say out loud There are a lot of truly lovely and meaningful quotes I could have used from this book to start my review of it, but the above best sums up this reading experience Adina and Tovah s story is full of joy and tragedy and fear and hate and love.I have two sisters, and Adina and Tovah s sisterly [...]

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    4. Actual rating 5 5 Tov Stars The thin ivory candles in the middle of the table are a third their original height Jews are not to extinguish them we are supposed to let them burn on their own instead That s what I have been taught.Tonight I lean over and blow them out.It s official You ll Miss Me When I m Gone just drew my reading year of 2017 to a close perfectly Wow, I don t even know where to begin with this splendid piece of writing by the lovely Rachel This book is highly educational in my op [...]

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    5. Adina and Tovah Seigel may be twins but they were entirely different in every sense possible The only thing that they have in common was the hate and jealousy they felt for each other.Adina is a viola prodigy who devoted her whole life in it She took her music very seriously and was not afraid to take the risk, being comfortable with her own skin or bringing herself with confidence and pride She also had private lessons with her Indian music teacher, Arjun and her passion in becoming a soloist n [...]

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    6. This was such a haunting read.I can t give this anything less than 5 stars because I devoured it I read it in one day, and by the end of it I was emotionally drained This story broke my heart over and over again I had to take little breaks between chapters to just catch up on my thoughts This follows two estranged sisters, who are complete opposites One artistic and outgoing, and the other academic and an introvert After their 18th birthday, they are tested for Huntington s, which runs in the fa [...]

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    7. Oh, this was really, really good And yeah, I m excited to see Jewish rep in YA that isn t Holocaust related, but as a sister book, as a coming of age, as a book about teens looking to the future, as a book about examining your own worth through other s eyes, as a book about familial relationships on the wholeah, this is good.

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    8. You can find the full review and all the fancy and or randomness that accompanies it at It Starts at Midnight Gah, where do I even start, friends So a lot of you know that I have been slumping, hard For like, many months And no book was able to really and truly wow me Well, that is until I read You ll Miss Me When I m Gone Yep, Rachel Lynn Solomon, with her debut, no less, managed to break a slump that lasted the better part of a year That is how good this book is And now I am going to tell you [...]

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    9. A complex, nuanced book with a sibling story at its heart that s unlike anything I ve read before Rachel Solomon knocks it out of the park with this debut.

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    10. Wow Just wow Can I leave my review at that Because honestly, I don t feel like any review I write for You ll Miss Me When I m Gone is going to do the book any justice It s such a breath taking story, and it s one that made me feel all the emotions This might only be Rachel Lynn Solomon s debut, but judging from this piece of work, she s here to slay.This was such an emotional story, and not one that was easy to get through I knew I had to mentally prepare myself for the waterworks that was obvio [...]

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    11. I read an early draft of this beautiful, haunting book as a sensitivity reader As the member of a family battered by Huntington s Disease, I believe with all my heart that this is an important book that everyone should read It s conversely beautiful and tragic, and not in the ways you might think The author paints the nuances of this disease with a deft and empathetic hand Devastating realities are balanced by the complicated but redeeming love of sisters The Jewish culture presented is lovely a [...]

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    13. Before I start reviewing this book, I want to tell you that You ll Miss Me When I m Gone by Rachel Lynn Solomon is probably my favourite book of the year It s one of the most powerful reads of mine, it was raw, it made me feel things It was absolutely perfect and when it comes out in January, please make sure you read it because you have no idea what you re losing on I thought I could force him to love me Relationships are not about control, though, and perhaps that is why I have never had a rea [...]

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    14. Edit Dec 2 2016 This book just keeps getting better OMG 3 THIS IS MY CRIT PARTNER S AMAZING DEBUT I have read many many drafts of this beautiful, important book YOU LL MISS ME WHEN I M GONE is about two sisters, Adina Adi and Tovah TEAMTOVAH , as they deal with their mother s Huntington s disease, college applications, romance sex love, being Jewish and what the heck that means and if G d even hears us when we re praying upset etc , and what living truly living means It is dual points of view, w [...]

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    15. This is the first book that I ve read that had a heavy focus on the Jewish faith, practices, traditions, and language and it was wonderful It was diverse not just in religious and cultural ways but also in the racial differences of love interests and physical illness rep Huntington as well I was impressed by how well all the different topics merged into a well told, cohesive, and touching story Tovah and Adina were complex and complete characters and I loved their interaction with their peers, p [...]

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    16. Fraternal twins await test results to see if either has inherited Huntington Disease from their mother, who is slowly losing her battle with the illness Tovah plans for medical school while Adina, a viola prodigy, wants to study music When one tests positive and the other negative, the rift between the sisters becomes a chasm.I ve known a few people with Huntington Disease which, in my opinion, is second to ALS in diseases I most fear 100% of the people with the gene develop the illness and carr [...]

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    18. Content warnings suicidal ideation, self harm, chronic illnessI barely have words for how much I adore YOU LL MISS ME WHEN I M GONE, but, I shall try my best.I didn t hate Adina She might frustrate and infuriate me, embarrass and humiliate me, but I didn t hate her I never could.But tonight I came close.EXAMINING SISTER RELATIONSHIPSThe relationship between reserved, grunge and biology obsessed Tovah and headstrong viola prodigy Adina is unlike any other sibling relationship I ve seen in YA From [...]

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    19. This was fantastic At first glance, Adina and Tovah are what critics of YA would call unlikeable protagonists But for me, that s code for well developed and nuanced characters who are written unapologetically, with consideration for the full spectrum of emotions I loved the information about Judaism and their passions for viola and science.

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    21. You can spend lifetimes searching tragedies for reasons why This was such a great human story Everything felt so real and earnest We follow estranged twin sisters, Adina and Tovah, as their lives are changed after one of them tests positive for Huntington s Disease the same disease that has caused their mom so much pain Now each girl must reconcile their futures, their faith, and their relationships in the face of this new information.I really liked that Adinah and Tocah were just so human They [...]

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    22. Thank you to Edelweiss and the publisher for providing a digital ARC in exchange for an honest review This is a wonderful dual POV narrative with twin protagonists as a mother of twins, I am always drawn to book with twins in them Each girl has such a distinctive voice, and there is so much to love about each of them Even when they were frustrating, they were complex and interesting, so I loved reading their story I also loved how so much of the Jewish religion and culture was part of the story, [...]

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    23. Just won a Giveaway for this one Super excited to check it out D This book sounds like it will make me cry, but I m still in to give it a try

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    24. Physical TBR Series Book 6For info on my Physical TBR Series click here.To vote on which book you think I should read next click here.This story revolves around a set of estranged Jewish fraternal twins, Tovah and Adina After their 18th birthday, they undergo a test that will tell them whether or not they will inherit their mothers Huntington s Disease While one of the twins tests negative, the other tests positive Obviously, this drives an even bigger wedge between the sisters I will be spoili [...]

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    25. 5 starsOooooh this is a really good debut, you guys I love all the themes about family, sisterhood, friendship, love as well as the darker things that are happening TW like depression and life decisions.Rachel Lynn Solomon s debut, You ll Miss Me When I m Gone, is a heart wrenching novel about sisterhood, love, and loss.Eighteen year old twins Adina and Tovah are vastly different, the rift between them widening with each passing year.Adina is a viola prodigy who yearns to be a soloist and convin [...]

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    26. Oh you guys, this book This book could have been a horrible Lifetime movie of an experience and instead it s this amazing, wonderful thing It s smart and sad and completely unexpected.I feel like we have a very specific narrative with illness People suffer bravely and gain these profound insights, right But when one of the sisters learns that she has the gene for Huntington s, there are no insights There is rage and pettiness and a little bit of a malaise I also want to mention that I read the a [...]

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    27. You ll Miss Me When I m Gone is a heartbreaking, poignantly written tale that touches familial relationships, Jewish culture and religious practices, and the exhilarating thrill of first loves, while simultaneously addressing physical illnesses and mental health It should be noted, however, that the novel also contains heavy content such as self harm and suicidal ideation A trigger warning has been provided by the author herself.I picked up You ll Miss Me When I m Gone as my first read of 2018, [...]

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    28. I read this book slowly, on purpose, because every chapter was a piece of rich, dark chocolate that you let melt into the crevices of your tongue Almost every page boasted a line that made me stop and say, Wow, and read the line again and again before finally moving on.Adina and Tovah are twin sisters whose lives are filled with so much heaviness a mother who s slipping further and further into a world of shaking hands and hallucinations and not remembering her own daughters, relationships with [...]

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    29. Growing up, I was hungry for Jewish books that weren t 1 about the Holocaust 2 written 100 years before I was born I d read everything in my synagogue s library Chaim Potok anyone , and reread the One of a Kind Family series WELL after I was too old for it looking back, they were the only female POV Jewish books about kids that I could find.Rachel Solomon s YOU LL MISS ME WHEN I M GONE is book that teen Helene NEEDED but couldn t find The relationship between these two Jewish sisters one who tes [...]

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    30. I fell in love with this book from the first words The author s voice was spellbindingly beautiful, soft, delicate but strong I felt every emotion deeply while reading I loved Adina s passion for music, Tovah s love for science, and both of their very real, very honest flaws This lyrical story is filled with the real life traumas and chaos of a family tearing apart at the seams Of twins ripped apart by disease It has a slow, soft quality that is deep and rare and addicting The perfect voice for [...]

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