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If I Stay Chapter 3: 9:23 A.M.

By Gayle Forman

Chapter 3: 9:23 A.M.

Mia wonders if she's dead.
The paramedics arrive, and as they try to revive her, Mia realizes she isn't dead. But she is barely clinging onto life.
"You hang in there" (3.16), one of the paramedics tells Mia.
Mia has a flashback to her first cello recital.
Mia is way nervous, and she asks her dad for advice on getting over her anxiety.
"You don't. You just work through it. You just hang in there" (3.43), says Pops.
Translation: fake it 'til you make it.

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