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	• The Truth About Forever Sarah Dessen, 2004 - 384 pages average customer review:based on 161 reviews view larger image
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highly recommended

Outstanding novel- one of the best!

The Truth About Forever is one of the top 5 books I've ever read. I am in my late twenties and teach English, so I've read quite a few. Sarah Dessen does an amazing job of creating characters who are real and likeable. She takes a look at problems many teenagers and adults face and gives a fresh perspective on how to overcome them. I couldn't put this book down and it is one of those books that makes you think about your own life in a different way. She is an outstanding author, and you will enjoy reading about Macy's struggles to move on and enjoy life after a traumatic family event. Just buy this one- you will want to read it more than once for sure. AMAZING BOOK!

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It's All Good

Let's talk about why this book rocked:

Sarah Dessen is a good writer. What I mean is, she creates believable and relatable characters that very adequately reflect what teens are like. My favorite part of the books I've read by her is the dialogue, which, if you examine carefully, is unique to whichever character she's writing about. Sarah creates well-rounded characters--that's a fact. And it's probably her biggest skill.

Now, let's talk about the girl of the hour, Macy Queen. Quite a confused young woman, Miss Queen is. Her father died, and grief-stricken Macy keeps blaming herself. Worse, she comes to think that if she can just keep things at a constant, that is, perfectly still, she can control her life. And that's her biggest flaw: this unfailing faith in perfection that she simply won't snap out of.

Enter Wes and the whole Wish Catering crew. They help Macy come to life-altering realizations about the controlled forever she keeps thinking she can attain. Wes, especially, helps her see that the future--the eventual forever--is about changes and imperfections and learning from your mistakes, not a present that moves forward with time, never changing.

What can I say about this book? It had a nice message. It was well written. The characters--Wes, in particular--were for the most part great. I don't know how else to elaborate on it, because, to me, this book speaks for itself.

Rating: 8/10

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Corinne C. review of The Truth About Forever by Sarah Dessen, March 17, 2008.

This book takes place in the South and is the story of a girl named Macy whose father died and is now left to live with her mother. After her father died, her mother concentrated solely on her work and tried to be strong by not grieving so she busied herself with her work. As a result, Macy and her mother's relationship grew farther and farther apart. Macy was expected to be "fine just fine" while getting perfect grades and having a boyfriend that is perfect in every way. When Macy starts catering for one of her mother's employees, her life turns for what she thinks is for the better. She enjoys life more and is more free because her boyfriend is off at camp. Her mother, however, is not used to Macy being just a regular human and bans her from catering and seeing all her friends that she has made. Macy is very depressed for a while but then starts worrying about how much work her mom is throwing on herself. Her mom eventually cracks and Macy is able to tell her mom everything. Unfortunately, she has a crush on someone from catering and when her boyfriend returns she is forced to choose between them. I give this book five stars because I was able to relate to the main character. The writing was very good and gave the reader the ability to picture in their minds what was happening. Overall, this was a very good book and I recommend it to anyone who enjoys a character that they can relate to with an ordinary life that sounds extraordinary.

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My Favorite Sarah Dessen Book

Sixteen-year-old Macy Queen expects to spend her summer working at the library while her boyfriend, Jason, goes away to Brain Cramp. During her free time, she's either studying for her SATs or grieving over the recent death of her father.
But when Macy is forced to help out in the kitchen at one of her mother's open house events, she meets the crazy Wish Catering crew. They're everything Macy isn't - they live by the moment and though there's usually chaos in the middle, everything is okay in the end. Before long, she's hired to help them and ditches her job at the library. She spends all of her time with the Wish crew - quiet Monica; fashion obsessed Kristy; big hearted Delia; and best of all; artistic and understanding Wes. How is it that she can plan her life out in front of her and change her life to fit Jason's, when there's a whole different world of people out there?

The Truth About Forever was the first book by Sarah I ever read. I'd heard so much about it that I couldn't help picking it up at the local K-mart. I had high expectations what I read this book and I wasn't disapointed.

Sarah Dessen pulls off a worn plot with grace and adds an unexpected twist. The characters are easy to relate to, three dimensional and romance doesn't rule the plot. There were definitely moments my stomach was aching and other moments I was cheering Macy on. The meaning is great and it had me thinking about what forever really is.

I'd definitely recommend The Truth About Forever by Sarah Dessen to anyone who enjoys books with three dimensional characters, a touch of romance, and a great plot.

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a book that every girl has to read!!

This book is truly amazing.
I can't even find the words to describe it. :]

Townhouse
Handsome Wes
EZ

The pancake house
Running again
Unorganized Wish catering crew
Truth game
Healing

Artist
Bertmobile
Older sister Caroline
Unfortunate fatal heart attack
The SATs

Feeling the need to be perfect
Ocean
Relationships
Emails to Jason
Very sad past
Ever so dull brain camp
Real teenage experiences

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Sixteen-year-old Macy Queen is looking forward to a long, boring summer. Her boyfriend is going away. She?s stuck with a dull-asdishwater job at the library. And she?ll spend all of her free time studying for the SATs or grieving silently with her mother over her father?s recent unexpected death. But everything changes when Macy is corralled into helping out at one of her mother?s 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 Wes?artistic, insightful, and understanding Wes?who gets Macy to look at life in a whole new way, and really start living it?.

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