She Loves You, She Loves You Not...A novel about coming out, finding love, and discovering your place in the world from National Book Award finalist Julie Anne Peters. Seventeen-year-old Alyssa thought she knew who she was. She had her family and her best friends and, most important, she had Sarah. Sarah, her girlfriend, with whom she dreamed with about the day they could move far away and live out and proud and accepted for themselves, instead of having to hide their relationship. Alyssa never thought she would have to make that move by herself, but disowned by her father and cut off from everyone she loves, she is forced to move hundreds of miles away to live with Carly, the biological mother she barely knows, in a town where everyone immediately dismisses her as "Carly's girl." As Alyssa struggles to forget her past and come to terms with her future, will she be able to build a new life for herself and believe in love again? Or will she be forced to relive the mistakes that have cost her everything and everyone she cared about? Told in Peters's thoughtful, compelling prose, Alyssa's story will speak to anyone who has known the joy and pain of first love and the struggle to start over again. |
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... talk to me ever again. Besides, I won't be here that long. At the wet bar she pours herself a glass of wine. “Why don't you give me your cell number, and I'll give you mine.” “I don't have a cell,” I tell her. She arches her eyebrows as ...
... talk to me ever again. Besides, I won't be here that long. At the wet bar she pours herself a glass of wine. “Why don't you give me your cell number, and I'll give you mine.” “I don't have a cell,” I tell her. She arches her eyebrows as ...
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... talk.” She smiles. Does she think I'm fat? I'm not as tall and thin as she is, although I've probably lost fifteen pounds in the last month, with being sick and the trauma around Sarah. “Would it be okay if I watched TV?” I ask. “Of ...
... talk.” She smiles. Does she think I'm fat? I'm not as tall and thin as she is, although I've probably lost fifteen pounds in the last month, with being sick and the trauma around Sarah. “Would it be okay if I watched TV?” I ask. “Of ...
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... talk to people about what the GSA was, the goals and mission, hand out information and permission slips. Was Ben there? He might've had to man (make that girly man) the Gaming Club table. “Ooh, I love to recruit,” M'Chelle said ...
... talk to people about what the GSA was, the goals and mission, hand out information and permission slips. Was Ben there? He might've had to man (make that girly man) the Gaming Club table. “Ooh, I love to recruit,” M'Chelle said ...
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... were doing. Eating, talking, judging me. I approach the front counter, and Wheelchair says to the customer who just paid, “Thanks, Dutch. See you tomorrow.” The customer is dressed like a real cowboy. No kidding. Worn, saggy jeans,
... were doing. Eating, talking, judging me. I approach the front counter, and Wheelchair says to the customer who just paid, “Thanks, Dutch. See you tomorrow.” The customer is dressed like a real cowboy. No kidding. Worn, saggy jeans,
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... to the cash register to talk to him. “I heard you had a job opening, and I was thinking about applying.” He doesn't look up from the grill. “Come in here,” he says. To the kitchen? Okay. I push through the swinging doors.
... to the cash register to talk to him. “I heard you had a job opening, and I was thinking about applying.” He doesn't look up from the grill. “Come in here,” he says. To the kitchen? Okay. I push through the swinging doors.
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