Love Letters to the Dead

It begins as an assignment for English class: Write a letter to a dead person. Laurel chooses Kurt Cobain because her sister, May, loved him. And he died young, just like May did. Soon, Laurel has a notebook full of letters to people like Janis Joplin,

Characters

Ava Dellaira (5)

You know when you think you know someone? More than anyone in the world? You know you know them, because you’ve seen them, like, for real. And then you reach out, and suddenly they are just… gone. You thought you belonged together. You thought they were yours, but they’re not.

— Ava Dellaira, amazon.com

Knowing Someone Friendship Relationship Left Behind Gone

You know when you think you know someone? More than anyone in the world? You know you know them, because you’ve seen them, like, for real. And then you reach out, and suddenly they are just… gone. You thought you belonged together. You thought they were yours, but they’re not.

— Ava Dellaira, amazon.com

Relationships Attachment

Nothing is worse than when someone who’s supposed to love you just leaves.

— Ava Dellaira, amazon.com

Love Leaving Left Alone Sad Pain

Nothing is worse than when someone who’s supposed to love you just leaves.

— Ava Dellaira, amazon.com

Left Behind Love Relationships

Sometimes we want our bodies to do a better job at showing the things that hurt us, the stories we keep inside us.

— Ava Dellaira, amazon.com

Secrets hurt

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