My Heart and Other Black Holes - Tapa blanda

Sixteen-year-old physics nerd Aysel figures everyone has a hobby, and hers is plotting her own death. With a mother who can barely look at her without wincing, classmates who constantly whisper behind her back, and a dad who s locked away for life in prison, Aysel s ready to turn her potential energy into nothingness.

There s only one problem: she s not sure she has the courage to do it alone. But once she discovers the website SmoothPassages and its section called Suicide Partners, Aysel s convinced she s found her solution. Better yet, a teenage boy with the username FrozenRobot (aka Roman) who s haunted by a family tragedy is looking for a partner.

But as their suicide pact starts to become more concrete, Aysel begins to question whether she really wants to go through with it. Ultimately, she must choose between wanting to die or trying to convince Roman to live so they can discover the potential of their energy together. Except that Roman may not be so easy to convince...

Jasmine Warga lives in Mariemont, Ohio with her husband, Greg, a cat named Salvador Dali, and a puppy named Scout. She was born and raised just outside of Cincinnati, and spent her days making up stories, listening to emotive music, staring up at the night sky, and reading. She graduated from Northwestern University with a B.A. in History and Art History, and went on to teach 6th grade science at a school in Houston, Texas. In June 2013, she received a Master's in Fine Arts in Creative Writing from Lesley University. My Heart and Other Black Holes is her first novel.