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Reader reviewed by Vicky

     Ingrid is dead, but Caitlin must go on. Caitlin's best friend has killed herself but no one is sure why. Then Caitlin finds Ingrid's diary and is shown a side of her best friend that she never knew.
     In Hold Still Nina Lacour tackles the subjects of teen suicide and of loss.  Yet she does so in a way that provides hope to those readers who, like Caitlin, have suffered a horrible loss of someone they love. Suicide, and maybe especially teen suicide, is a difficult topic for any writer, yet Lacour handles it with skill seldom seen in realistic fiction. She portrays Caitlyn's pain in a way that's real and yet it leaves the reader with a taste of optimism that there is life even after such a tragic loss. I would recommend this book to anyone wha has lost someone to suicide or death in general.