SOLVED. YA fiction, possibly fantasy, MC talks about drowning and how long it takes for it to happen to her (very few details recalled). [s]

[Amber]

I'm attempting to hunt down a book I borrowed years ago and then barely got to read. Only bit I recall, honestly, is that it was young adult and a bit from the dust jacket (so it was a hardcover). The part from the dust jacket I remember was the summary, from the narration of what I think was the main character, talks about drowning and how long it takes for it to happen to her. I just cannot remember much else because I never got very far into the book before it got returned to the library by someone in my family by mistake. I'm not very hopeful that anyone knows which book I'm talking about but if someone does, I hope you see this.

Thanks in advance.

[Annamariah]

How many years ago? This is a bit of a long shot, but could it have been Abandon by Meg Cabot? It is told from the first person point of view by a girl who had a near-death experience drowning (or, as it turns out, an actual death experience) two years before the beginning of the book.

[Amber]

It was more than 7 years ago because I hadn't yet met my husband so prior to August 2010. It isn't the Meg Cabot series. Plus, the summary beginning doesn't match. I looked into it before posting here....

The summary itself was 1st person and talked about the minutes it took for drowning and stuff. I also vaguely recall the name Jessica. Not sure if it's the character or the author or if I'm thinking of a different novel altogether.

[Rachel]

Could it be Dreadful Sorry? It has been a long time since I read it but I remember it focusing on the main character's near-drowning.

Also — Jessica Warman has two books that involve swimming/drowning, though they might fall slightly out of your time range:

[Amber]

Alas, no, those aren't it either. I know it's gonna jump at me the minute I read the summary. I have been searching for several months off and on and haven't figured it out.

[Allison]

The Girl Who Stopped Swimming?

[Michele]

was it a ya book or adult? any idea how old the characters were? any idea whether the book was new at the time you read it or was it an older book?

[SBC]

A Gathering Light by Jennifer Donnelly?

[SBC]

Fear the Drowning Deep?

The First Time She Drowned?

I'm sure I've read this one, too, but I don't think I'm putting my finger on it...

[Kris]

44 (2010) by Jools Sinclair?

[Amber]

Michele: it was definitely a new book when I read it and definitely YA. I know I would recognize the summary the second I read it... I also narrowed down a window of when it may have come out: between 2008 and very early 2012 (no later than April/early may).

[Jessica (Goldenfurpro)]

Maybe Fracture?
The back cover has the pull quote: “A lot can happen in eleven minutes. Decker can run two miles in eleven minutes. I once wrote an English essay in ten. And God knows Carson Levine can talk a girl out of her clothes in less then half that time.
Eleven minutes might as well be eternity underwater. It only takes three minutes without air for loss consciousness. Permanent brain damage begins at four minutes. And then, when the oxygen runs out, full cardiac arrest occurs. Death is possible at five minutes. Probable at seven. Definite at ten.
Decker pulled me out at eleven.”

[Miss Mara]

Maybe try this list on books about drowning: https://www.goodreads.com/shelf/show/...

[Incog]

Hereafter

[Brittany]

A Certain Slant of Light

[Amber]

Jessica (Goldenfurpro): Yes!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! That's exactly the part I remember reading!!!!!!!!! I was thinking it was something I'd dreamt, which is highly plausible. Thank you so much!