![]() ![]() But it’s also a topic that needs to be handled with nuance and discretion – too often, novels on suicide tend to be clumsy or heavy handed. ![]() I think it’s incredibly important that YA authors are dealing with the rather taboo issue of suicide, especially as it’s something that needs to be talked about, especially among the younger generation. There seems to be a rash of young adult books dealing with the issue of suicide lately – offhand, I can think of Gayle Forman’s I Was Here, Jennifer Niven’s All The Bright Places, Jasmine Warga’s My Heart and Other Black Holes, and, of course, Cynthia Hand’s The Last Time We Say Goodbye. ![]() But Lex is about to discover that a ghost doesn’t have to be real to keep you from moving on.įrom New York Times bestselling author Cynthia Hand, The Last Time We Say Goodbye is a gorgeous and heart-wrenching story of love, loss, and letting go. But there’s a secret she hasn’t told anyone-a text Tyler sent, that could have changed everything. And it feels like that’s all she’ll ever be.Īs Lex starts to put her life back together, she tries to block out what happened the night Tyler died. ![]() Now she’s just the girl whose brother killed himself. Friends who didn’t look at her like she might break down at any moment. The last time Lex was happy, it was before. ![]()
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