The Weight of Zero

For fans of 13 Reasons Why and Girl in Pieces this is a novel that shows the path to hope and life for a girl with mental illness. Seventeen-year-old Catherine Pulaski knows Zero is coming for her. Zero the devastating depression born of Catherines bipolar disorder almost triumphed once; that was her first suicide attempt. And so in an old ballet-shoe box Catherine stockpiles medications preparing to take her own life before Zero can inflict his living death on her again. Before she goes though she starts a short bucket list. This bucket list combined with the support of her family new friends and a new course of treatment begins to ease Catherines sense of isolation. The problem is her plan is already in place and has been for so long that she might not be able to see a future beyond it. This is a story of loss and grief and hope and how some of the many shapes of lovematernal romantic and platonicaffect a young womans struggle with mental illness and the stigma of treatment.