Amherst College

Maybe One Day
by Melissa Kantor '91

“A beautiful, heartbreaking story about friendship, loss, and what it means to truly live. I loved it.”
— Lauren Barnholdt, author of The Thing About the Truth and Two-Way Street

• Listen to a conversation about the book between Melissa Kantor '91 and Nancy Updike '91.
• Read an excerpt and a review.
• Learn more about the author.
• Visit Amherst Reads on Goodreads and start a discussion.

In the tradition of The Fault in Our Stars, critically acclaimed author Melissa Kantor masterfully captures the joy of friendship, the agony of loss, and the unique experience of being a teenager in this poignant new novel about a girl grappling with her best friend's life-threatening illness.

A person's whole life, she's lucky to have one or two real friends. Friends who are like family . . . for Zoe that someone is Olivia. So when Olivia is diagnosed with leukemia Zoe is determined to put on a brave face and be positive for her best friend.

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