Love Letters to the Dead - Couverture rigide

Dellaira, Ava

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 0374346674 ISBN 13 : 9780374346676

Editeur : Farrar Straus & Giroux, 2014

Synopsis

Love Letters to the Dead When Laurel starts writing letters to dead people for a school assignment, she begins to spill about her sister's mysterious death, her mother's departure from the family, her new friends, and her first love.

A propos du livre

Présentation de l'éditeur :

It begins as an assignment for English class: write a letter to a dead person - any dead person. Laurel chooses Kurt Cobain - he died young, and so did Laurel's sister May - so maybe he'll understand a bit of what Laurel is going through. Soon Laurel is writing letters to lots of dead people - Janis Joplin, Heath Ledger, River Phoenix, Amelia Earhart ...it's like she can't stop. And she'd certainly never dream of handing them in to her teacher. She writes about what it's like going to a new high school, meeting new friends, falling in love for the first time - and how her family has shattered since May died. But much as Laurel might find writing the letters cathartic, she can't keep real life out forever. The ghosts of her past won't be contained between the lines of a page, and she will have to come to terms with growing up, the agony of losing a beloved sister, and the realisation that only you can shape your destiny. It is a lyrical, haunting and stunning debut from the protege of Stephen Chbosky (The perks of being a wallflower).

Biographie de l'auteur :

Ava Dellaira is a graduate of the Iowa Writers' Workshop, where she was a Truman Capote Fellow, and trained as a poet. She grew up in Albuquerque, New Mexico, and got her undergraduate degree from the University of Chicago. In addition to being a producer of the film version of THE PERKS OF BEING A WALLFLOWER, Ava Dellaira is also Stephen Chbosky's protege. She currently lives in Santa Monica, where she is at work on her second book. Follow Ava on Twitter: @avadellaira

À propos de cette édition

• Éditeur: Farrar Straus & Giroux
• Date d'édition: 2014
• ISBN 10: 0374346674
• ISBN 13: 9780374346676
• Reliure: Relié
• Nombre de pages: 327