SuitabookGrief and coping
Eva is still affected by her father’s death and reads romance novels to dull the pain.
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Margo Rabb - Author
A grief-centred young-adult road story about Eva’s intense attachment to Will and her friendship with Annie. Romance novels shape Eva’s hopes, while the journey promises a more complicated view of love.
In the two years since her father died, sixteen-year-old Eva has found comfort in reading romance novels -- 118 of them, to be exact -- to dull the pain of her loss that's still so present. Her romantic fantasies become a reality when she meets Will, who seems to truly understand Eva's grief. Unfortunately, after Eva falls head-over-heels for him, he picks up and moves to California without any warning. Not wanting to lose the only person who has been able to pull her out of sadness -- and, perhaps, her shot at real love -- Eva and her best friend, Annie, concoct a plan to travel to the west coast to see Will again. As they road trip across America, Eva and Annie confront the complex truth about love.
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Sign in for personalised guidanceA grief-centred young-adult road story about Eva’s intense attachment to Will and her friendship with Annie. Romance novels shape Eva’s hopes, while the journey promises a more complicated view of love.
Eva is still affected by her father’s death and reads romance novels to dull the pain.
Eva’s romance with Will becomes bound up with her hope of escaping sadness and finding real love.
Eva and her best friend Annie make a plan to travel west to see Will.
Grief is central: Eva’s father died two years earlier, and the loss remains present. Romantic attachment is also intense, with Eva viewing Will as unusually important to her emotional wellbeing.
This is a grounded book brief while Suitabook strengthens the analysis: the current material supports only a cautious reading; another book-specific source is still needed.
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