They both have so much trouble getting around that they end up spending a lot of time together. Hartley and Callahan (they call each other by their last names, which I found very confusing because I could never keep them straight) bond over their shared love of hockey and hockey video games. Adam Hartley is the sexy upperclassmen, star hockey stud, who is also in the accessible dorm because he broke his leg and is stuck on crutches. She has a roommate, Dana, and she has Adam Hartley across the hall. She's lost the ability to do the activity that she enjoyed and excelled at more than anything.Ĭorey is put in a more accessible room on the first floor of a dorm away from the other first year students. Not only that, Corey was a star hockey player. And now she has to learn how to navigate her new campus. She's had to learn how to get out of bed, get dressed, and get around in a wheelchair. With nerve damage making it difficult to use her legs, Corey's been through tons of physical therapy. She is away from home for the first time, but she's also dealing with the stress of a recent accident that's left her in a wheelchair.

I vaguely remember not being too excited about college kids, hockey, and wheelchairs, but I was very pleasantly surprised.Ĭorey Callahan is nervous because she's just starting her first year at a college that seems remarkably like Yale.

Months later, a day came when my options were few and my urge for some light reading was strong. I picked up The Year We Fell Down (2014) ages ago, when it was either really cheap or free on Amazon, but I never got around to reading it.

The year we fell down by sarina bowen