Fracture (2012) (edit title/settings)

Flavia-Adriana edited the description of Fracture Saturday, March 3, 2012.

• Eleven minutes passed beforeBy the time Delaney Maxwell was pulled from thea Maine lake’s icy waters of a Maine lakeby her best friendfriend, Decker Phillips. By thenPhillips, her heart had stopped beating. Her brain had stopped working. She was dead. And yet shedead.

  But somehow defied medical precedent to come back seemingly fine -despiteDelaney survived—despite the brain scans that showed significant brainshow irreparable damage. Everyone wants Delaney to be all right,fine, but she knows she'sshe’s far from normal. Pulled by strange sensations she can'tcan’t control or explain, Delaney now finds herself drawn to the dying. Is her altered brain now predicting death, or causing it? Then Delaneydying, and when she meets Troy Varga, a boy who recently emerged from a coma with similar abilities. At first she's reassuredthe same abilities, she is relieved to find someone who understands the strangeness ofshare this strange new existence. Unsure if her new existence, butaltered brain is predicting death or causing it, Delaney soon discovers that Troy's motives aren't quite what she thought. Ismust figure out if their gift is a miracle, a freak of nature-ornature—or something else much more frightening? For fans of best-sellers like Before I Fall and If I Stay, this is a fascinating and heart-rending story about love and friendship and the fine line between life and death.frightening….

Shelfari edited the description of Fracture Saturday, July 30, 2011.

• Eleven minutes passed before Delaney Maxwell was pulled from the icy waters of a Maine lake by her best friend Decker Phillips. By then her heart had stopped beating. Her brain had stopped working. She was dead. And yet she somehow defied medical precedent to come back seemingly fine -despite the scans that showed significant brain damage. Everyone wants Delaney to be all right, but she knows she's far from normal. Pulled by strange sensations she can't control or explain, Delaney finds herself drawn to the dying. Is her altered brain now predicting death, or causing it? Then Delaney meets Troy Varga, who recently emerged from a coma with similar abilities. At first she's reassured to find someone who understands the strangeness of her new existence, but Delaney soon discovers that Troy's motives aren't quite what she thought. Is their gift a miracle, a freak of nature-or something much more frightening? For fans of best-sellers like Before I Fall and If I Stay, this is a fascinating and heart-rending story about love and friendship and the fine line between life and death.