Published April 1, 2014
About the Book:
It begins as an assignment for English class: Write a letter to a dead person. Laurel chooses Kurt Cobain because her sister, May, loved him. And he died young, just like May did. Soon, Laurel has a notebook full of letters to people like Janis Joplin, Amy Winehouse, Amelia Earhart, Heath Ledger, and more; though she never gives a single one of them to her teacher. She writes about starting high school, navigating new friendships, falling in love for the first time, learning to live with her splintering family. And, finally, about the abuse she suffered while May was supposed to be looking out for her. Only then, once Laurel has written down the truth about what happened to herself, can she truly begin to accept what happened to May. And only when Laurel has begun to see her sister as the person she was; lovely and amazing and deeply flawed; can she begin to discover her own path.
My Review:
This is such a beautiful book. I was shocked by some of the scathing reviews for it on Goodreads, but I can understand the subject matter of much of it may be more than some can handle. This book delves into some really heavy subject matter (almost everything heavy that a teen could face), and parents who are even slightly uptight about what their kids read should definitely not buy this one for them. As an adult, I feel the author did a great job of tapping into the raw emotions many teens grapple with on their journey of discovering themselves and learning to cope with the crap the world hurls at them.
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