I Was Here

I Was Here

<b>From the #1<i> New York Times </i>bestselling author of <i>If I Stay </i>comes "a heartbreaking novel about coping with loss" (<i>People</i>).</b><br>  <br> When her best friend, Meg, commits suicide by drinking a bottle of industrial-strength cleaner alone in a motel room, Cody is understandably shocked and devastated. She and Meg shared everything€"so how did she miss the signs of Meg's depression? But when Cody travels to Meg€s college town to pack up the belongings left behind, she discovers that there€s a lot that Meg never told her. About her old roommates, the sort of people Cody never would have met in her dead-end small town in Washington. About Ben McAllister, the boy with a guitar and a sneer, and some secrets of his own. And about an encrypted computer file that Cody can€t open€"until she does, and suddenly everything Cody thought she knew about her best friend€s death gets thrown into question.<br>  <br> "<i>I Was Here</i> is a pitch-perfect blend of mystery, tragedy, and romance. Gayle Forman has given us an unflinchingly honest portrait of the bravery that it takes to live after devastating loss."<br> €"<b>Stephen Chbosky, author of the #1<i> <i>New York Times</i> </i>bestselling <i><i>The Perks of Being a Wallflower</i></i></b>