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Love Letters to the Dead
by Ava Dellaira
How do I even begin to describe my love for this book?
I bought this book on my Kindle with money from an Amazon gift card for my 14th birthday. I read the sample and fell in love. The main character, Laurel, is so much like me, which is very rare. She is dealing with the death of her older sister, May, when she gets a class assignment during her freshman year of high school: write a letter to a dead person. The story is entirely made of letters to various people who've died young. Kurt Cobain, Amy Winehouse, River Phoenix, Amelia Earheart, and Judy Garland, to name some. Laurel is dealing with May's death while simultaneously struggling to cope with what happened to her and starting high school, each being a struggle in themselves. Laurel meets a boy, Sky, who has a connection with May, thus beginning a special relationship. A group of very different people befriend her and she experiences some new things, to say the least.
This is one of my favorite books of all time, and I really hope that more people read it! There really is a character for every person. You can literally FEEL as if you are Laurel dealing with all of these emotions, and feeling trapped within herself and her situation.
This book is simply amazing, heartbreaking, and beautiful.
I bought this book on my Kindle with money from an Amazon gift card for my 14th birthday. I read the sample and fell in love. The main character, Laurel, is so much like me, which is very rare. She is dealing with the death of her older sister, May, when she gets a class assignment during her freshman year of high school: write a letter to a dead person. The story is entirely made of letters to various people who've died young. Kurt Cobain, Amy Winehouse, River Phoenix, Amelia Earheart, and Judy Garland, to name some. Laurel is dealing with May's death while simultaneously struggling to cope with what happened to her and starting high school, each being a struggle in themselves. Laurel meets a boy, Sky, who has a connection with May, thus beginning a special relationship. A group of very different people befriend her and she experiences some new things, to say the least.
This is one of my favorite books of all time, and I really hope that more people read it! There really is a character for every person. You can literally FEEL as if you are Laurel dealing with all of these emotions, and feeling trapped within herself and her situation.
This book is simply amazing, heartbreaking, and beautiful.