In the book's final scene, Adam places headphones over Mia's ears and plays a recording of Yo-Yo Ma, her favorite cellist. She reflects on the pain it would cause her to live without her family and decides she would prefer not to wake from her coma. Mia overhears her grandparents discuss whose responsibility it is to decide whether Mia lives or dies. She recently applied to Juilliard music school in New York City, which added tension to her and Adam's relationship. Meanwhile, Mia reflects on memories of her family and friends. While her body is in the intensive care unit, Mia observes her grandparents, her best friend Kim, and her boyfriend Adam as they wait and worry in the hospital. Mia is airlifted by helicopter to a hospital in Portland. Paramedics rush Mia and Teddy to the local hospital, where Mia sees her parents' friend Willow on shift as a nurse. She feels no pain, and wonders if she is dead. After the accident, Mia's body slips into a coma, while her consciousness is able to observe the scene in an out-of-body experience. The family pile into their rusty Buick, planning to go out for a day trip to visit friends and family.Ī road collision kills Mia's mother and father. Mia's brother Teddy and her father, a middle-school English teacher, also have the day off, so her mother takes the day off of work. In Oregon, this small amount of snow is enough to cause school closures. If I Stay begins with seventeen-year-old cellist Mia Hall waking to a thin layer of snow on her lawn.
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