She should cheer on her friend Clay when he asks Baker to be his girlfriend. Hannah knows she should like Wally, the kind, earnest boy who asks her to prom. The last thing she wants is to fall in love with a girl-especially when that girl is her best friend, Baker. She wants to spend every night making memories with her tight-knit group of friends. She wants to drive along the oak-lined streets of Louisiana's Garden District and lie on the hot sand of Florida's beaches. And above all, she and Baker must open their hearts to the saving power of love.Seventeen-year-old Hannah wants to spend her senior year of high school going to football games and Mardi Gras parties. She must break through her shame and learn to trust in the goodness of her friends. In this poignant coming-of-age novel, Hannah must find a compromise between the truth of her heart and the expectations of her community. She should follow the rules of her conservative community-the rules that have been ingrained in her since she was a child.īut Hannah longs to be with Baker, who cooks macaroni and cheese with Hannah late at night, who believes in the magic of books as much as Hannah does, and who challenges Hannah to be the best version of herself.Īnd Baker might want to be with Hannah, too-if both girls can embrace that world-shaking, yet wondrous, possibility.

Seventeen-year-old Hannah wants to spend her senior year of high school going to football games and Mardi Gras parties.

Her name in the sky by kelly quindlen