Ten Miles One Way

"The powerful story of a mind at the edge of unraveling, held together by love and acceptance. Nest and Q walk through the city. Nest speaks and Q listens. Mile by mile, Nest tells Q about her life, her family, her pasta.a.a. and her Chimaera, the beast that preys on her mind and causes her to lose herself. Q knows only that his love for Nest runs deeper than the demon that plagues her thoughts, that he loves her in spite of-or perhaps because of-the personal battle she fights every day. A beautifully-written, haunting story. Praise for Ten Miles One Way- oA loving but honest treatment of mental illness, these words will sing off the page and into your heart. No question- the world is a better place with Patrick Downes writing in it.o-A.aM. Jenkins, author of the Printz Honor Book Repossessed Praise for Fell of Dark- * oA stunning debut novel that offers sophisticated readers a glimpse into the psychological disintegration of two distinct characters.o-Kirkus Reviews, starred review a * o(W)hether in an image or in a confused, despairing reaction to an incomprehensible worlda.a.a. Downes's vision will connect into an epiphany.o-Publishers Weekly, starred review a * oReaders willing to sink into the depths of two unstrung teens and their frantic individual struggles to understand the cruelties and redemptions of the universe will be rewarded by this disarming, thought-provoking, and entrancing story.o-Booklist, starred review a oHere is a book built of darkness and gleam, of raw emotion and shattering poetry, of harrowing compulsions and zero compromise. Patrick Downes possesses blazing, beautiful, terrifying talent. His characters walk the shadows. His language bursts like sky.o-Beth Kephart, National Book Award nominee a oLuminous and pure. A masterwork of astonishing authority and beauty.o-Julie Berry, author of All the Truth That's in Me"