I Could Live Here Forever: A Novel [2023, PDF/EPUB, ENG]

by Hanna Halperin

(176 ratings)
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“Halperin’s radiant second novel walks the fine line between the longing for couplehood and the torture of codependency. . . . Let the rapturous intimacy and gut-churning ups and downs begin!” —Leigh Haber,
The New York Times Book Review

By the award-winning author of
Something Wild, a gripping portrait of a tumultuous, consuming relationship between a young woman and a recovering addict

When Leah Kempler meets Charlie Nelson in line at the grocery store, their attraction is immediate and intense. Charlie, with his big feelings and grand proclamations of love, captivates her completely. But there are peculiarities of his life—he’s older than her but lives with his parents; he meets up with a friend at odd hours of the night; he sleeps a lot and always seems to be coming down with something. He confesses that he’s a recovering heroin addict, but he promises Leah that he’s never going to use again.

Leah's friends and family are concerned. As she finds herself getting deeper into an isolated relationship, one of manipulation and denial, the truth about Charlie feels as blurry as their time together. Even when Charlie’s behavior becomes increasingly erratic, when he starts to make Leah feel unsafe, she can’t help but feel that what exists between them is destined. Charlie is wide open, boyish, and unbearably handsome. The bounds of Leah’s own pain—and love—are so deep that she can’t see him spiraling into self-destruction.

Hanna Halperin writes with aching vulnerability and intimacy, sharply attuned to Leah’s desire for an all-consuming, compulsive connection.
I Could Live Here Forever exposes the chasm between perception and truth to tell an intoxicating story of one woman’s relationship with an addict, the accompanying swirl of compassion and codependence, and her enduring search for love and wholeness..
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Book details


  • Author : Hanna Halperin
  • Publisher : Viking
  • Published : 04-10-2023
  • Language : English
  • Pages : 336
  • ISBN-10 : 0593492072
  • ISBN-13 : 978-0593492079
  • Reader Reviews : 176 (4.1)

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About the Author


Hanna Halperin


Hanna Halperin is the author of Something Wild and I Could Live Here Forever. Something Wild won the 2021 Edward Lewis Wallant Award and was a finalist for the 2021 National Jewish Book Award for Debut Fiction. Her stories have been published in the Kenyon Review, n+1, New Ohio Review, Joyland, and others. She has taught fiction workshops at Grub Street in Boston and worked as a domestic violence counselor.

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Reader Reviews

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HG
Very good writing
Reviewed in the United States on 06-25-2023
I live this authors writing style. Very captivating. So sad that in both books I read the main characters die. Still great book.
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Buyer01
Exceptional voice
Reviewed in the United States on 05-01-2023
It’s rare that I read a contemporary novel that merits five stars. It’s the best I’ve read in the past year, at least.
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sharon schwebel
Great book, crappy ending
Reviewed in the United States on 05-29-2023
Spoiler ! I loved the book and couldn’t put it down but was really disappointed at the ending . I felt like she wrapped up the characters except the main one and left us hanging at the end. I love a happy ending but even with sad endings I still felt she could have done much better to give us a better understanding of her future or her next steps after he died.
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