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For sixteen years, Daisy has been good. A good daughter, helping out with her autistic younger brother uncomplainingly. A good friend, even when her best friend makes her feel like a third wheel. When her parents announce they're sending her brother to an institution - without consulting her - Daisy's furious, and decides the best way to be a good sister is to start being bad. She quits jazz band and orchestra, slacks in school, and falls for bad-boy Dave. But one person won't let Daisy forget who she used to be: Irish exchange student and brilliant musician Cal. Does she want the bad boy or the prodigy? Should she side with her parents or protect her brother? How do you know when to hold on and when - and how - to let go? "The Sound of Letting Go is deeply moving, fiercely honest, and always surprising. Stasia Ward Kehoe's characters are so real and complex, you won't want to let them go at the end. I loved this book!" - Barbara Dee, author of Solving Zoe, This is Me From Now On, Just Another Day in My Insanely Real Life, and Trauma Queen "Achingly beautiful, The Sound of Letting Go takes readers down a dangerous path while touching the heart and encouraging hope." - Elana Johnson, author of Possession, Surrender, and Abandon "Told in verse that is at once delicate and strong, lyrical and honest, Stasia Kehoe's The Sound of Letting Go is a moving contemporary story of the intense push and pull between the responsibility of family and the freedom of dreams." - Jessi Kirby, author of Moonglass, In Honor, and Golden "With captivating verse and a lyrical love story to match, The Sound of Letting Go will keep you hanging on, breathless and enchanted, until the very last page." - Gretchen McNeil, author of Possess, Ten and the forthcoming 3:59 and the "Don't Get Mad" series"Soulful and stunning, this book has captured my heart. It's one of those tragic melodies you never want to end, a tribute to the damning and redemptive power of music." - Jessica Martinez, author of Virtuosity and The Space Between Us "The Sound of Letting Go draws you honestly into the turbulent ambivalence of life with a severely challenged sibling, while never short-shrifting Daisy's individual coming-of-age journey. The music of Stasia Kehoe's beautifully flawed characters will resonate in your mind long after you finish reading her book." - Elise Allen, author of Populazzi, co-author of the Elixir series with Hilary Duff



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Stasia Ward Kehoe

Stasia Ward Kehoe grew up dreaming of becoming a professional ballerina but she didn't grow quite enough (she is 5'4") or have sufficiently good knees (they are peppered with surgery scars) to achieve this goal. Instead, she went to Georgetown University from which she received a semi-unintentional BA in English. After working at the Kennedy Center in Washington, DC, and Random House Publishing in New York, City, and receiving her MA in Performance Studies from New York University, she married a dude who looks just like Clark Kent (the hot geek who turns into Superman) , had four awesome sons, and moved to the Pacific Northwest where she now lives. She then started writing with a vengeance, publishing her first young adult novel, AUDITION, in 2011. She advises not being too specific in your long-term goals however, if you decide to write a book, sit on your backside and don't get up until you have (a) died of starvation or (b) written the words "the end." THE SOUND OF LETTING GO is her second novel and her short-term plan is to write another so, as you read this bio, she's likely got her fingers glued to a keyboard. Stasia also enjoys artichokes, chocolate (but, come on, who doesn't? ) , parentheticals (obviously) and turning on her car to an explosion of pop music because the last person to drive it was one of her teenagers--especially if the song is about heartache and healing and has a good dance beat.



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