![]() Narrated in alternating first person chapters by Vivi and Jonah, When We Collided is the story of a remarkable girl and her impact on those around her. Yet we know, the edge of the cliff is approaching. She envelopes Jonah’s family, having a profound impact on little Leah. She gets a job at the local potter’s shop. She inserts herself into the breakfast routine of loner police officer Hayashi while deciding to try the coffee shop breakfast menu in alphabetical order. It is a quaint little town one you can really feel at home in, and Vivi wastes no time making her “Vivi Was Here” mark on the town. Vivi is new to Verona Cove, having come from Seattle to spend the summer, and she loves it. Yet somehow this unlikely couple seems to work, partly because Vivi has seen some dark days. The ‘littles’ need to be dressed, fed, taken to school. And exactly the opposite of Jonah who, eight months after his father’s unexpected death, is trying with his two older siblings to keep the family of seven together. She is the embodiment of it: sparkling, effervescent and spontaneous. ![]() ![]() Vivi should stand for vivacious (which according to the Merriam Webster dictionary derives from the Latin verb vivere or ‘to live’). From this beginning we, the readers, are waiting for the inevitable crash in Vivi’s life because we can make an educated guess as to what that pill was supposed to do. When We Collided by Emery Lord begins with Vivi throwing her pill over the cliff into the ocean and carving “Vivi Was Here” in an old tree trunk. ![]()
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