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Once upon a time two cousins grew up together.  But as they grow, they grow apart.  Laura, daughter of wealthy Jim and his partner, lives a life of privilege and attends a high society private school.  Miles, daughter of Mel, twin sister of Jims partners, lives an average life attends a charter high school in the DC suburbs.  Miles, once so similar to Laura people thought they were twins, hides behind junk food, dark baggy clothes, and blacked hair.  She is disillusioned with life, she is apathetic.  She believes in nothing except the depressants and pain killers she takes with her candy.  Soon Laura will go off to college and leave her behind.  But events take an unexpected twist when the family receives news that Laura has committed suicide via overdoes.  What are those left behind to do?  Miles faces her first summer without Laura.  She tries to lose herself in her pills and her friends try to stop her, but they cause her more hurt.  Her best friend, Jamal, hooks up with Lauras best friend, Bex, and they spend little time with her.  There are tenuous times when they reach out to each other, but for Miles, it always falls back on the drugs.  On her trips and highs, Miles thinks that Laura is the bright one, the brave one, to choose her own end.  Miles wonders should she try to be that brave.

You know where to find me is horrible, fascinating, heartbreaking, and amazing.  Once again Rachel Cohn does not disappoint.  What could be easily mistaken for the trials of a poor little rich girls suicide turns out to be so much more.  The main character, Miles, is a very deep character and her pain is very real to you as you read, even if you have never been in any of her situations you will find a connection with her.  She is brilliant and cunning in her whit and her attempt to be apathetic.  There is ton of reference to DC and DC politics, which makes Miles seem even more intelligent in her attempt at indifference   This story however is not for the faint of heart.  Miles is truly self-destructive and many of the chapters during her frequent tripping, making them all the more painful.  As you read, you have no idea how the story will end for her and that just makes you want to read faster!