You Got Mail by Sima Ben

He’s like running water—strong, robust, and fluid. He imprints signs of beauty in me and inspires me, emotions I never want to remove. But I’m afraid of the rust stains he might leave in my heart when it’s over. Everything is temporary and fluid, certainly for a girl thirsty for warmth and love. Still, maybe, just maybe, it will be worth it. Mia, a bright and talented sixteen-year-old girl, lives a complex life: With an alcoholic mother, poverty and deprivation are her daily lot, and her dream of someday inspiring others through her writing feels like an impossibility. Still, even in the terrible darkness, Mia holds tight to every ray of light and fills the lives of the people she loves with warmth and the power of her spirit, never giving up or abandoning them, even a troubled young man who lies his way into her heart. Through it all, she finds an authentic outlet in her journal, filling it with her hopes and dreams, an extraordinary infatuation, and more heartbreak and disappointment than anyone should have to endure. Will her love be a catalyst for change, transforming the lives of those she holds dear? And what about her talent for writing? Will all her hopes and dreams remain out of her reach, or will her writings become her salvation, her way of expressing herself and finding solace? You Got Mail is Book One in the Parallel Series but can be read as a stand-alone and does not need to be read in order.