The Bookworm says... Wow. Love Letters to the Dead by Ava Dellaira left me speechless, in the best possible way. It starts as an English assignment: write a letter to a dead person. Laurel chooses Kurt Cobain, because May loved him. The letter to Kurt Cobain becomes a notebook full of letters to Kurt, Janis Joplin, E. E. Cummings, River Phoenix, Amelia Earhart, and Amy Winehouse. Laurel writes to them about starting high school, her new friends, her parents splitting up, and learning to grieve for her sister, May. It's not until Laurel has written down her truth that she can begin to tell other people. She can finally accept that May was not perfect, nor was she.
This book was stunning, for lack of a better word. It explored all the hardships of loosing someone dear to you, entering high school, and facing the world. Terrific.
"There are two most important things in the world- being in danger, and being saved."
