The Astonishing Color of After

“Once you figure out what matters, you'll figure out how to be brave”

“Because the purpose of a memory, I would argue, is to remind us how to live”

This is one book that will tear your heart into shreds and rebuild it one piece at a time. To lose a parent at such a young age to suicide and have no answers as to why... I have no words. The way this author writes you don't just read what Leigh is feeling, you go through the pain, sadness and the healing process with her.

I know some reviewers have said why the romance with Axel. I think he was necessary in her healing, a steady rock for her to hold onto. He loved her mother and her mother loved him and knew he was good for Leigh. When Leigh came back home he was there waiting for her, ready to be there however she wanted. #theastonishingcolorofafter

The author's note at the end is a must read ...

“I grew up witnessing firsthand the effects of depression, and watching how my family let the stigma surrounding it become one of the darkest, stickiest traps. That stigma can and does kill. That stigma is perpetuated by not talking.” Emily X.R. Pan.