The Other Side of Nothing: A Novel

On the run from the psychiatric facility where they fell in love, two suicidal young adults embark on an increasingly perilous cross-country odyssey in search of truth, beauty, and the meaning of life—forcing their mothers into an uneasy alliance as they embark on a journey of their own, hoping to find their kids before it’s too late. A moving exploration of family, friendship, and how far we are willing to go for the ones we love, The Other Side of Nothing is a powerful read about loss, self-determination, and second chances.2024 IPPY Awards Gold Medalist for Popular Fiction2024 Zibby Summer Reads Selection The day after her eighteenth birthday, Julia Reeves checks herself into a psychiatric facility, longing to find a way out of the grief and guilt that have engulfed her since her father’s untimely death. What she finds is fellow suicide attempt survivor Sam Lorenzo, a brilliant twenty-three-year-old photographer. Sam brings beauty and light back into Julia’s life, so when he asks her to escape with him on a cross-country odyssey, she agrees. Before Julia can process what she’s done, the two young lovers are on the run. When Julia’s mother, Laura, learns Julia has disappeared and authorities will do nothing to help find her, Laura forms an uneasy alliance with the sole person who has as much to lose as she does: Sam’s mother, Arabella. Armed with only a handful of clues, the two mothers embark on a journey of their own, desperately hoping to save their children before they are lost forever.