Like most of the songs on this playlist, however, it relates to all my characters. The Way He Lived is basically an ode to angst! "I'm With You" would play in my head when I was writing scenes in Claire's story. So, there has to be at least one angsty anthem on this playlist. But when we're teetering on the edge of sanity, our emotions, even if they disguise themselves, are the last things to "let go." During intense periods of grief, it so often feels like we have nothing left inside-like we're just full of empty space. That's how Tabbatha feels, and all the characters in the novel, to some extent. Once, when I was really listening to the song, a phrase jumped out at me: "Your emotions haven't let go in so much space." "Crazy" has such a unique beat that it's easy to pay less attention to the words. One of the first titles she chooses is "Crazy", because it encapsulates everything about her life-who she thinks she is, and what is happening around her.īesides the fact that this song is directly mentioned it the book, it's on my playlist for other reasons. Tabbatha, the first narrator in The Way He Lived, is a blogger, and as such occasionally adds song titles to her posts. In her own words, here is Emily Wing Smith's Book Notes essay for her debut young adult novel, The Way He Lived: This is careful writing that the author makes looks easy teens will certainly embrace it as the sort of honesty that adult authors often forget they are looking for and, more importantly, completely capable of understanding." "Smith manages to inject sorrow, confusion and no small amount of wry humor in this unique novel and frame a portrait of Joel that will resonate deeply with readers. With each narrator's story, the boy's identity takes further shape, and Emily Wing Smith's storytelling talent shines in this young adult book that all ages will appreciate. Told in six distinct narrative voices, The Way He Lived tells the story of a sixteen year-old boy who dies tragically during a scouting trip. In the Book Notes series, authors create and discuss a music playlist that relates in some way to their recently published books.
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