The Truth About Forever | 
| Author: Sarah Dessen
Publisher: Puffin
Category: Book
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Avg. Customer Rating:  172 reviews
Sales Rank: 13115
Media: Paperback
Reading Level: Young Adult
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 400
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.9
Dimensions (in): 8.4 x 5.4 x 1.1
ISBN: 0142406252
EAN: 9780142406250
ASIN: 0142406252
Publication Date: April 6, 2006
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Amazon.com Review
With her sixth novel, award-winning author Sarah Dessen offers up another generous helping of finely crafted storytelling about real teens dealing with real life. In The Truth About Forever, when asked how she is coping with her father's death, invariably seventeen year old Macy Queen's answer is "fine," when nothing could be further from the truth. In actuality, she is drowning in grief while maintaining a flawless facade of good grades and unblemished behavior. Though she feels lost when her boyfriend heads to "Brain Camp" for the summer, she finds herself a job with the quirky Wish Catering crew, and meets "sa-woon"-worthy Wes, whose chaotic lifestyle is in direct opposition to her own. As the two share their stories over the summer, Macy realizes she can no longer keep her feelings on ice. Though it feels like her future endedwith her dad's death, Macy's learns that forever is all about beginnings. Dessen charts Macy's navigation of grief in such an honest way it will touch every reader who meets her. All of the Dessen trademarks are here: a girl in transition, a wonderfully fleshed out cast of secondary characters, and of course, the luminous, powerful writing itself. The Truth About Forever will more than satisfy Dessen's legion of fans, and will win her countless more as well. Highly recommended. (Ages 12 and up) --Jennifer Hubert
Product Description
Sixteen-year-old Macy Queen is looking forward to a long, boring summer. Her boyfriend is going away. Shes stuck with a dull-asdishwater job at the library. And shell spend all of her free time studying for the SATs or grieving silently with her mother over her fathers recent unexpected death. But everything changes when Macy is corralled into helping out at one of her mothers open house events, and she meets the chaotic Wish Catering crew. Before long, Macy joins the Wish team. She loves everything about the work and the people. But the best thing about Wish is Wesartistic, insightful, and understanding Weswho gets Macy to look at life in a whole new way, and really start living it.
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 The Truth About Forever Review :) September 26, 2008
The Truth about Forever is a great book. I love how it is easy to read, and makes you want to never put it down. I love that the way Sarah Dessen writes is very reliable. A lot of People in the world can relate to losing a parent, or even just grief. I think that this book is one of Sarah Dessens bests. She has an amazing way of writing. The way that Macy meets Wes and they both grow together, is represented so well, and its realistic. I think this book is a great success.
Rahessa
Dessen is a wonderful author September 23, 2008
This is the best book ever. I could not put this book down. I think I read it in 3 days tops. I've read this book multiple times, and every time I get those same anxious feelings to find out what will happen next.
The Truth About This Book... August 14, 2008
Is that it's AWESOME! Sarah Dessen has yet to disappoint me with her her wonderful books! The only one I have yet to read is Lock and Key and I'm sure that will be amazing too.
I'm not very good at summaries but in The Truth About Forever, it was so hard to pick one character as your favorite. (The same goes for any of Dessen's books) I loved them all! This is definitely a must read!
My favorite book during high school. BEST COMING-OF-AGE BOOK! August 11, 2008
This was my favorite book during high school, and I still to this day recommend it to everyone I meet. There are not enough words to describe just how great this book really is, and even so, words cannot do this book justice. Definitely the best coming-of-age book I've ever read, and when I have my own family in the future, it will be the first book I recommend to my daughter. (Yes, it is that good!)
Truely a great book =] August 7, 2008
Not ground braking, but it was an amazing book that I love reading over and over again!
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