Dana Reinhardt
Dana Reinhardt is an acclaimed American author known for her engaging young adult novels. With a background in creative writing and journalism, she skillfully explores themes of identity, family, and self-discovery. Her works, including "A Brief Chapter in My Impossible Life" and "The Things a Brother Knows," have garnered praise for their authentic characters and emotional depth. Reinhardt's storytelling resonates with readers, offering both heartwarming and thought-provoking narratives.
Book summaries for books written by Dana Reinhardt
Quotes
The thing no one tells you about surviving, about the mere act of holding out, is how many hours are nothing because nothing happens.
It's the waiting that's the worst. The waiting and the not knowing if you're waiting for nothing.
But it's not fair, is it? How you can have a brother and then suddenly not have a brother?
I didn't know if I was trying to be like Bo or trying not to be like Bo.
I had a brother. Now I don't.
Maybe it's the people who have lost something who are best able to tell you how to hold onto something.
You think that you know a person, but then they surprise you, and you find out that they are someone else.
There's something about being with other people who are also missing someone that makes it a little easier. A little less lonely.
I guess I was still trying to hold onto the Bo that I knew, the Bo I thought I knew.
I wanted to believe that there was something else, that there was a way to get back to the way things were, but there wasn't.
The silence feels like it's filling up the room, squeezing out all the air.
I wanted to be angry with him, but the truth was, it was hard to be mad at someone who was already so mad at himself.