The 39 Deaths of Adam Strand Quotes Showing of 5 “That's the point of it, to have those connections, as painful as they are, as much worry as they might cause; they give back in strength and comfort and joy, believe it or not, and the more connections you make, the happier you are, the more point there is to getting up and getting through the day.”Author: Gregory Galloway. · The 39 Deaths of Adam Strand. Gregory Galloway. Penguin, - Young Adult Fiction - pages. 16 Reviews. Adam Strand isn’t depressed. He’s just bored. Disaffected. So he kills /5(16). · Adam Strand isn’t depressed. He’s just bored. Disaffected. So he kills himself—39 times. No matter the method, Adam can’t seem to stay dead; he awakes after each suicide alive and physically unharmed, more determined to succeed and undeterred by others’ concerns. But when his self-contained, self-absorbed path is diverted, Adam is struck by the reality that life is an ever 5/5(2).
In this introspective novel from adult author Galloway (As Simple as Snow), a teenager's longing for death is thwarted by his inability to die. Adam Strand is a suicidal year-old who returns from the dead after every attempt to take his own life, whether from jumping from a bridge, drowning, taking poison, or hanging. The 39 Deaths of Adam Strand by Gregory Galloway My rating: 3 of 5 stars I really wanted to love this book, but it just missed. Adam is very Milo-esque: bored, doesn't see the point of things, everything is a circle, etc. Unlike Milo, however, no tollbooth and car appear to take him off on an adventure that includes giants, the doldrums. Gregory Galloway is the author of the novels The 39 Deaths of Adam Strand and the Alex Award-winning As Simple As Snow. His work has appeared in the Rush Hour and Taking Aim anthologies, as well as the Cornwall Chronicle. Greg is a graduate of the Iowa Writers' Workshop. He currently resides in Cornwall, CT. Career thief Rick, the narrator of.
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