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Love Letters to the Dead

byAva Dellaira

Who is this book for? Readers interested in young adult fiction that explores themes of grief, identity, and personal growth.

Topics GriefFamily dynamicsComing of ageFriendshipLoveLossSecretsHealingIdentityCoping with trauma
MoodReflective, Melancholic
Female protagonist
RomanceMajor Subplot
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 in this stunning debut from Ava Dellaira, Love Letters to the Dead.

Language

en

Published on

29/09/2015

Pages

352

Format

Paperback

ISBN

9781250062963

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