All We Can Do Is Wait

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DebutauthorandVanityFairfilmcriticRichardLawsonmakesyourheartstopandtimestandstillinhisextraordinaryandlife-affirmingnovelthat'sperfectforfansofIfIStayandWeAllLookedUp.Inthehoursafterabridgecollapserockstheircity,agroupofBostonteenagersmeetinthewaitingroomofMassachusettsGeneralHospital:SiblingsJasonandAlexahavealreadyexperiencedenoughgriefforalifetime,sointhismomentofconfusionanddespair,Alexahopesthatshecanlooktoherbrotherforsupport.ButasecretJasonhasbeenkeepingfromhissisterthreatenstotearthesiblingsapart...rightwhentheyneedeachothermost.Scottiswaitingtohearabouthisgirlfriend,Aimee,whowasonabuswithhertheatergroupwhenthebridgewentdown.Theirrelationshiphasbeenrocky,butScottknowsthatifhecanjustseeAimeeonemoretime,ifshecanjustmakeitthroughthisordealandhecantellherhelovesher,everythingwillbeallright.Andthenthere'sSkyler,whosesisterKate--thesisterwhoismorelikeamother,thesisterwhoisbasicallySkyler'severything--wascrossingthebridgewhenitcollapsed.Astheminutestickbywithoutawordfromthehospitalstaff,Skylerislefttowonderhowshecanpossiblymovethroughlifewithouttheonepersonwhomakesherfeelstrongwhenshe'satherweakest.Inhisriveting,achinglybeautifuldebut,RichardLawsonguidesreadersthroughanemotionalandlife-changingnightastheseteensareforcedtofacetherealityoftheirpasts...andtheprospectofverydifferentfutures.