Who I Was With Her
There are two things that Corinne Parker knows to be true: that she is in love with Maggie Bailey, the captain of the rival high school’s cross country team and her secret girlfriend of a year, and that she isn’t ready for anyone to know she’s bisexual.
But then Maggie dies, and Corinne quickly learns that the only thing worse than losing Maggie is being left heartbroken over a relationship no one knows existed. And to make things even more complicated, the only person she can turn to is Elissa—Maggie’s ex and the single person who understands how Corinne is feeling.
As Corinne struggles to make sense of her grief and what she truly wants out of life, she begins to have feelings for the last person she should fall for. But to move forward after losing Maggie, Corinne will have learn to be honest with the people in her life... starting with herself.
HarperTeen / 978-0062978387
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“A beautiful, poised, and thought-provoking debut about love, loss, coming out, and discovering living life on your own terms.”
— New York Times bestselling author Kathleen Glasgow, author of Girl In Pieces
“A beautiful, heartbreaking, ultimately uplifting book about the pain of hiding who you are when your feelings become too huge to contain. A confident, sincere debut from a writer to watch.”
— Tom Ryan, author of Keep This To Yourself
“A hauntingly beautiful story about first loves, grief, and finding yourself when you thought you knew who you were.”
— Mason Deaver, bestselling author of I Wish You All the Best
“Who I Was With Her is a heartbreakingly beautiful debut novel. Nita Tyndall explores grief, loss, regret, identity, first loves, and friendships with moments of achingly soft pain and thundering loud honesty. Corinne’s journey is one that will stay with me for a long time.”
— Julian Winters, award-winning author of Running With Lions and How to Be Remy Cameron
