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This is everything I love to find in a novel --a witty page-turner with heart, mystery, adventure, a dash of romance, and ultimately wisdom. I highly recommend it for both teens and adults (especially fans of John Green's Turtles All the Way Down).

Zen and Gone is a breath-taking story that leaves you feeling both entertained and more aware for having read it. To weave together an effective narrative, a thrilling plot, well-crafted characters, engaging prose, and a memorable setting into a story that gets one to think about some of the deeper questions of existence is no small feat. Hat's off to you, Emily France.

PS: I got the hardcover and the interior design is very impressive with great chapter headings, and some neat printing and graphics. I don't know what this book jacket is made of, but it feels fantastic to hold--like cool satin!


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Zen and Gone Emily France Books Reviews

Zen and Gone offers an enthralling mountain adventure, a delicately handled love story, and heart-piercing family dynamics, all within a vividly realized Boulder, Colorado, setting. But in the end it's the beautiful (but never heavy-handed) message about the importance of mindfulness that is what I love best about this book. I've been going through some extremely difficult times in my own life this year, and now as I struggle to weather the storms, I find myself over and over returning to the Zen Buddhist wisdom that gives this story its deeper resonance "Fears are clouds drifting by a mountain. Watch them. Tend to them. But know . . . you are the mountain." Yes, yes, yes!
I read this book while camping in the mountains of Colorado-- the perfect setting for reading this book! This story has it all-- adventure, mystery, suspense, romantic love, family love. The author did a wonderful job of rendering the Boulder, Colorado setting... she makes it come brilliantly alive! The characters feel so real and lovable... I was swept right up into their story. For me, the best parts were the spiritual/philosophical Buddhism-influenced parts... so much wisdom packed into an engaging and highly readable book!
A resident of crunchy Boulder, Colorado, Essa is the older daughter of a hippie/pothead single mother who defines "irresponsible" and seems to have a new "boyfriend" every week, something that surprisingly grosses out both her daughters. That is why Essa, who's also an ardent practicing Buddhist, does not date, drink or smoke ever, wanting to be the rudder for her precocious little sister, Puck. The summer the book begins, Essa is dividing her time between her part-time job at a kite shop, practicing zazen, and hiking/camping with her friends. When a new boy her age, Oliver, arrives for the summer and takes a job at the store under duress by his Aunt Sophie, Essa doesn't expect anything to change. (We know where this is going.) Oliver is there to escape the memory of the horrible encounter he had with his mentally ill sister, Lily, before she had to be hospitalized. When he opens up to Essa, she begins to realize they have something in common after all. However, she's torn between her feelings for him and her responsibility to Puck, who clearly feels angry at their mother's neglect (and is also longing to accompany her big sister on a hiking trip). The chapters are labeled by date, and are clearly a countdown that will expand the prologue in which a character goes missing on a camping trip. Sure enough, when the crisis occurs, Essa realizes she may be powerless to keep her sister safe after all, and also that her vow to not fall in love may not be the fail-safe method to achieve this she's always considered it to be.

Thoughts This book more than checks off all the boxes for an excellent young adult novel vividly drawn setting and atmosphere (I was strongly tempted to go get a (pot-less) brownie); appealing characters; and a crisis that had me holding my breath and praying for a positive outcome. I did, however, wonder why it did not come to the attention of the national media which would then try to contact Essa's family and friends. (Baby Jessica, anyone?) The book also teaches you a lot about Zen and Buddhism, and has a unique approach to portraying a schizophrenic character. Highly recommended.
I had not expected to learn as much about Zen Buddhism in a YA book, especially in a non-preachy way. 17-year-old Essa and her 8-year-old sister Puck live in Boulder. Their mother is too busy being stoned and sleeping with the wrong men to be much of a mother, so it falls on Essa. And Essa won't date or toke because she needs to be there for Puck, who can work or charm her way into all kinds of fixes. Essa goes to school, works at a Pearl Street kite shop and goes orienteering for fun with her friends, and she hangs out at the Zendo to recharge. Oliver comes from Chicago, is a decidedly indoor kind of person. Tricked by his aunt he finds that the tech internship he was coming to work at was really a job at the kite shop, in an attempt to divert him from his little sister's schizophrenia and suicide attempt. He falls hard for Essa, and Puck decidedly likes the way he really listens to her. But Essa won't take Puck on a three-day orienteering outing that seems too dangerous and Puck stows away. That night Puck disappears and no trace seems visible until her shredded clothing makes rangers believe she was taken by a mountain lion.
Good buy for early teen or pre teen sibling
Or maybe take up orienteering, or at least pay more attention to the world around me.

This is a beautiful story with great characters in a richly drawn world, who choose to live in the moment rather than escape from their problems.
"Zen and Gone" is at its core a warm and refreshingly innocent coming of age tale. Set in the Boulder area of Colorado, with all of its liberal, outdoorsy tendencies put on full display, a young woman grapples with the responsibilities thrust upon her while beginning to allow herself some personal freedom after she meets a "city" boy with whom she discovers she shares a deep personal commonality.

The story also manages to infuse an approachable, yet thoughtful exploration of Buddhist philosophy. A good read.
This is everything I love to find in a novel --a witty page-turner with heart, mystery, adventure, a dash of romance, and ultimately wisdom. I highly recommend it for both teens and adults (especially fans of John Green's Turtles All the Way Down).

Zen and Gone is a breath-taking story that leaves you feeling both entertained and more aware for having read it. To weave together an effective narrative, a thrilling plot, well-crafted characters, engaging prose, and a memorable setting into a story that gets one to think about some of the deeper questions of existence is no small feat. Hat's off to you, Emily France.

PS I got the hardcover and the interior design is very impressive with great chapter headings, and some neat printing and graphics. I don't know what this book jacket is made of, but it feels fantastic to hold--like cool satin!