Name: All We Can Do Is Wait
ISBN: 9780448494111

Richard Lawson

In the hours after a bridge collapse rocks their city, four teens are forced to face their pasts and the prospect of very different futures as they wait at Boston General Hospital for news of their loved ones.

All We Can Do Is Wait

it’s a very odd feeling reading this bc it’s kinda like dreaming but it was really good and depressing i also like how each character had a chapter as they where introduced and then the pov kept changing 

Stella

laura

This book blew me away. I adore stories about strangers meeting and and a story based around that. I thought this book not only had a cool concept but also such a cool narrative and way of telling the story. I loved how past and present was used to to tell these five characters stories. I was equally invested in all the various POV and raced through it. It was a more emotional read and def tugged on my heart strings. I really enjoyed it and would rec. you get this book when it comes out in Feb. It was the prefect book to end 2017 with.

Claire Klein

It was a lot better than I expected it to be. It was really well written and Richard Lawson's story telling and character development were great.

In the wake of a bridge collapse, a group of Boston teenagers meet in a hospital waiting room and go through an emotional and life-changing night as they are forced to face the reality of their pasts...and the prospect of very different futures.

caro(lee)na

tw: death, abuse
this was an amazing book about how people come together in a tragedy. it deals with grief and how differently each person experiences it. lgbtq+ rep

Courtney 

Amy Eder

Samantha Shepherd 

Debut author and Vanity Fair film critic Richard Lawson makes your heart stop and time stand still in his extraordinary and life-affirming novel that's perfect for fans of If I Stay and We All Looked Up. In the hours after a bridge collapse rocks their city, a group of Boston teenagers meet in the waiting room of Massachusetts General Hospital: Siblings Jason and Alexa have already experienced enough grief for a lifetime, so in this moment of confusion and despair, Alexa hopes that she can look to her brother for support. But a secret Jason has been keeping from his sister threatens to tear the siblings apart...right when they need each other most. Scott is waiting to hear about his girlfriend, Aimee, who was on a bus with her theater group when the bridge went down. Their relationship has been rocky, but Scott knows that if he can just see Aimee one more time, if she can just make it through this ordeal and he can tell her he loves her, everything will be all right. And then there's Skyler, whose sister Kate—the sister who is more like a mother, the sister who is basically Skyler's everything—was crossing the bridge when it collapsed. As the minutes tick by without a word from the hospital staff, Skyler is left to wonder how she can possibly move through life without the one person who makes her feel strong when she's at her weakest. In his riveting, achingly beautiful debut, Richard Lawson guides readers through an emotional and life-changing night as these teens are forced to face the reality of their pasts...and the prospect of very different futures.

All We Can Do Is Wait

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