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Books : The Truth About Forever
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Binding: Paperback
EAN: 9780142406250
ISBN: 0142406252
Label: Puffin
Manufacturer: Puffin
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 400
Publication Date: April 06, 2006
Publisher: Puffin
Reading Level: Young Adult
Studio: Puffin
Sales Rank: 9763
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Product Description:
Sixteen-year-old Macy Queen is looking forward to a long, boring summer. Her boyfriend is going away. She’s stuck with a dull-asdishwater job at the library. And she’ll spend all of her free time studying for the SATs or grieving silently with her mother over her father’s recent unexpected death. But everything changes when Macy is corralled into helping out at one of her mother’s open house events, and she meets the chaotic Wish Catering crew. Before long, Macy joins the Wish team. She loves everything about the work and the people. But the best thing about Wish is Wes—artistic, insightful, and understanding Wes—who gets Macy to look at life in a whole new way, and really start living it….
Amazon.com Review:
With her sixth novel, award-winning author Sarah Dessen offers up another generous helping of finely crafted storytelling about real teens dealing with real life. In The Truth About Forever, when asked how she is coping with her father's death, invariably seventeen year old Macy Queen's answer is "fine," when nothing could be further from the truth. In actuality, she is drowning in grief while maintaining a flawless façade of good grades and unblemished behavior. Though she feels lost when her boyfriend heads to "Brain Camp" for the summer, she finds herself a job with the quirky Wish Catering crew, and meets "sa-woon"-worthy Wes, whose chaotic lifestyle is in direct opposition to her own. As the two share their stories over the summer, Macy realizes she can no longer keep her feelings on ice. Though it feels like her future endedwith her dad's death, Macy's learns that forever is all about beginnings. Dessen charts Macy's navigation of grief in such an honest way it will touch every reader who meets her. All of the Dessen trademarks are here: a girl in transition, a wonderfully fleshed out cast of secondary characters, and of course, the luminous, powerful writing itself. The Truth About Forever will more than satisfy Dessen's legion of fans, and will win her countless more as well. Highly recommended. (Ages 12 and up) --Jennifer Hubert
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I have read a lot of Sarah Dessen's books but this is my favorite! Macy is a girl learning to find herself after her father passes away but she thinks that being perfect is the right way to do it. But she meets some people who change her and she has to choose between her perfect boring life and her new "life-loving" life. You will love this because it hits home. Sarah Dessen has out done herself!
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The Truth: I'm a Girl, I'm Smart and I Know EverythingAs a positive psychologist and an author of a fiction book for girls, tweens and young teens, The Truth (I'm a girl, I'm smart and I know everything)I really enjoy and appreciate another book that also delicately and deliberately deals with facets of truth for young people. When a girl is transitioning between being a teen and almost a woman, emotional issues are always there. Even for the girl that doesn't loose her dad, these are complicated ... Read More
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I know I probably should grow up, but I love young adult fiction. I am really pleased to find Sarah Dessen. This is the first book I've read of hers. The plot is simple enough, nothing totally original about the book. But the characters were written so that I really cared about them, and looked forward to "spending time" with them. I think it makes us look at real-life issues in a was that teens (and 20-somethings like me) can easily relate to. Death of a parent. Mother-daughter relationships. ... Read More
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So, as I was stranded miles from home, with 5 hours to spare, and no good reading material, I ventured to the nearest Goodwill. I searched through the available fiction, and randomly chose The Truth About Forever, by Sarah Dessen. I had never heard of Sarah Dessen, or this book, but I thought I'd go for it. I immediately fell in love with the characters (especially Wes :] ). I think the story is very good, and that the internal struggles will appeal to many people, not just girls, or women, and not just ... Read More
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i have to admit, while reading the back of this back at our local bookstore, it didn't really catch my interest, but, being a big fan of sarah dessen, i bought it anyway. after the first couple of chapters though, i couldn't put it down, considering its clever characters and catchy plot. Desson was right on about the emotional feelings after a loved ones passing, and it was very easy to relate to the main character, Macy. ever since witnessing her fathers heart attack, macy has been striveing to be ... Read More
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