Young Adult / New Adult
Title: 6 Seconds of Life
Author: Tonya Fitzharris
Date Published: 9/1/12
Maura has just jumped.
Now she has precisely six seconds until she hits the water below her—just six more seconds until she is finally freed from her mundane and aimless existence. Freed of all of the regrets and disappointments that have haunted her throughout her nineteen years.
She just needs to be free.
But as she falls, the most pivotal points of her life start to replay like a movie in her head: her family falling apart, her first love, her first heartbreak, her first true friends, and her first betrayal. As she remembers these moments that brought her to this point, will she feel a sense of peace? Or will her death be her greatest regret?
Excerpt:
I think deep down, I’ve always known it was
going to end this way. I was never meant to live a long life. I accepted this
fate a long time ago. I was just waiting for the right moment.
I wanted to fall in love first.
I wanted to experience what it was like to
have a real family first.
I wanted to know what it was like to be sincerely
happy, even if it was short-lived.
I got all of those firsts.
And now I’m ready to move forward.
I inch my feet closer to the open sky. And
closer. Until my naked toes are peeking over the edge. The water cracks
violently below me, begging for me to join in on all of the fun.
Just
a few more seconds before it’s all over.
Until
I’m free.
I close my eyes. The sounds of high heels
clicking on the walkway and cameras snapping and preserving memories and street
musicians begging for spare change surround me. I breathe in their music and
let it be the soundtrack to the closing credits of my life.
I raise my arms up to my side, reaching for
the skies that surround me.
And I step into the air.
I’m flying now.
Author Bio
Tonya Fitzharris is a writer, reader, blogger, mediocre cook, photographer, runner, Florida native, and cat lover. She used to be a Middle School English Teacher, but now she's trying out the whole novel writing thing. She lives in New Jersey with her husband and her Belgian cat named Waffles.
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So the whole book is her life flashing before her eyes as she falls? Cool concept! Now I already want to find out if she survives!
ReplyDeleteI can't wait to read 6 Seconds, I am going to start it early next week.
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