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Last Words

Last Words

Baugh, Leanne

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Young Adult Fiction

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ISBN10: 088995576X
ISBN13: 9780889955769
Publisher: Red Deer Press
Published: Oct 21 2019
Pages: 320
Weight: 0.75
Height: 0.90 Width: 5.20 Depth: 7.50
Language: English

Sixteen-year-old Claire is walking across Lions Gate Bridge in Vancouver when a good-looking young man approaches. He's laughing, talking on his cellphone. Then, when they get close, he reaches out, hands her his phone, says, I'm sorry, ? then climbs over the railing and jumps.

This is the shockingly vivid first scene of Leanne Baugh's young adult novel, Last Words, a moment that profoundly changes Claire's life as she searches for an explanation to this mysterious suicide. In the end, Claire's investigation becomes an assertion of life, rather than a mourning over death.

Pivotal to the story is Claire meeting with Kiki, a young cancer patient whose determined passion for life inspires her to embrace the everyday. Then there's Claire's sister Belle, who has Down's syndrome and is a steady reminder that life is messy but full of possibilities.

This profound novel is rich in diverse characters that illustrate what it is to live fully in this world.

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