{"id":9097,"date":"2018-01-16T10:00:00","date_gmt":"2018-01-16T16:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/booksyalove.com\/?p=9097"},"modified":"2018-01-06T10:44:35","modified_gmt":"2018-01-06T16:44:35","slug":"chaos-of-standing-still-grief-numbed-as-life-moves-on-by-jessica-brody-book-review","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/booksyalove.com\/?p=9097","title":{"rendered":"Chaos of Standing Still, grief-numbed as life moves on, by Jessica Brody (book review)"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"book“Survivor’s guilt<\/a>”
\nConstantly seeking answers on her phone –
\nWill Ryn stay stuck on what happened last year forever?<\/p>\n

A year ago, a month ago, even a day ago, Ryn couldn’t have imagined that she’d be smiling (okay, be made to smile by guy who’s also hiding pain) on the anniversary of such trauma.<\/p>\n

How do two teens stranded in an airport by New Year’s Eve blizzard make one another’s lives better in such a short time? Read the first chapter here<\/a> free (courtesy of publisher) as Ryn and Xander meet, very much by accident.<\/p>\n

Advice on moving on after stunning events?
\n**kmm<\/p>\n

Book info<\/strong>:\u00a0The Chaos of Standing Still \/ Jessica Brody. Simon Pulse, 2017. [author site<\/a>]\u00a0 [publisher site<\/a>]\u00a0 Review copy and cover image courtesy of the publisher.<\/p>\n

My book talk<\/strong>: Stranded in an airport on New Year’s Eve, she worries for the millionth time about that unread text message from her best friend, but Ryn can’t open it, can’t move past losing Lottie 364 days ago, doesn’t want to be alone or with anyone for that terrible anniversary. Xander would rather be blizzard-bound in the Denver airport than be with his famous child-expert parents or stay at the faraway school where they sent him. <\/p>\n

Maybe not so random that Ryn and Xander get their identical Dr. Who phones mixed up. Or that he’s the first person she really begins to tell about how lovely, zany Lottie made Ryn’s boring, predictable life so much more. Or that she is the one person who might see Xander for himself instead of as a biracial extension of his celebrity parents.<\/p>\n

That flight attendant looks just like Lottie, grown-up… the last career wish of her ever-changing list.<\/p>\n

Ryn’s parents moved to different cities after the divorce…like leaving Portland would erase tragedy.<\/p>\n

When the runways are cleared for departure, what future will Ryn and Xander be flying toward?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

“Survivor’s guilt” Constantly seeking answers on her phone – Will Ryn stay stuck on what happened last year forever? A year ago, a month ago, even a day ago, Ryn couldn’t have imagined that she’d be smiling (okay, be made to smile by guy who’s also hiding pain) on the anniversary of such trauma. How […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":9101,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[237,19],"tags":[90,163,22,230,11,5,37,18,40,247,44,43,39,49,184,15,21,35,33,3,6,8,188],"class_list":["post-9097","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-diverse-books","category-fiction","tag-abandonment","tag-african-american","tag-behavior","tag-colorado","tag-communication","tag-coping","tag-death","tag-family","tag-fathers","tag-flying","tag-friendship","tag-growing-up","tag-love","tag-memories","tag-mothers","tag-relationships","tag-self-image","tag-surprises","tag-survival","tag-teens","tag-travel","tag-us-author","tag-winter"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/booksyalove.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/chaos-of-standing-still-9781481499187_hr.jpg?fit=1399%2C2114&ssl=1","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/booksyalove.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9097","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/booksyalove.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/booksyalove.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/booksyalove.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/booksyalove.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=9097"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/booksyalove.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9097\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9107,"href":"https:\/\/booksyalove.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9097\/revisions\/9107"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/booksyalove.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/9101"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/booksyalove.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=9097"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/booksyalove.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=9097"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/booksyalove.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=9097"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}