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What Happened to Goodbye

by Sarah Dessen

Average based on 2 comments. Synopses & Reviews Customer Comments (2) ISBN13: 9780670012947 ISBN10: 0670012947 Condition: Standard Dustjacket: Standard All Product Details Only 2 left in stock at $12.50!

 

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Since her parents' bitter divorce, Mclean and her dad, a restaurant consultant, have been on the move - four towns in two years. Estranged from her mother and her mother's new family, Mclean has followed her dad in leaving the unhappy past behind. And each new place gives her a chance to try out a new persona: from cheerleader to drama diva. But now, for the first time, Mclean discovers a desire to stay in one place and just be herself - whoever that is. Perhaps her neighbor Dave, an academic superstar trying to be just a regular guy, can help her find out. Combining Sarah Dessen's trademark graceful writing, great characters, and compelling storytelling, What Happened to Goodbye is irresistible reading.

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"Dessen's 10th novel is another smoothly written journey of self-discovery. Mclean Sweet, named for 'the all-time winningest basketball coach of Defriese University,' has moved four times in two years, following her father's job as a restaurant consultant. Each time she moves she reinvents herself, not so much to try on a new identity but to rid herself of the original one — only daughter of a couple whose divorce was an awful, public scandal. It becomes clear that although Defriese basketball was her father's obsession, Mclean's idol was her mother, and Mclean's lasting anger adds an emotional punch to a long narrative that doesn't otherwise have much of an arc. It will delight Dessen's passionate fans that Mclean and her father have landed in Lakeview (capital of Dessenland) and that the action ricochets between there and familiar (fictional) beach towns. As Mclean figures out how to make peace with her mother, she relies on friends made at both school and at the restaurant her father is trying to save. Dessen delivers another cast of authentic, likable characters, struggling to make sense of the world. Ages 12 — up. (May)" Publishers Weekly (Starred Review) (Copyright PWxyz LLC)

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About the Author

Sarah Dessen is the highly acclaimed author of nine previous novels, including the New York Times bestsellers Along for the Ride, Lock and Key, Just Listen and This Lullaby. Her first two books, That Summer and Someone Like You were the basis of the movie, How to Deal, starring Mandy Moore. Sarah graduated with highest honors in Creative Writing from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. She lives in Chapel Hill with her husband, Jay, and her daughter, Sasha. Visit sarahdessen.com and sarah- land.com.

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bookgirl94, June 5, 2011 (view all comments by bookgirl94)
I love all Sarah Dessen books and this was no disappointment. It was a wonderful book and was just as great as her previous books. I highly recommend it.

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Yay!!! I cannot wait until this book comes out. I love Sarah Dessen I have been reading her books forever...i got all my friends addicted to her books. She is such an amazing writer...

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Product Details

ISBN:

9780670012947

Author:

Dessen, Sarah

Publisher:

Viking

Subject:

Social Issues - Friendship

Subject:

Family - General

Subject:

Love & Romance

Subject:

Situations / Friendship

Subject:

Children s Young Adult-Social Issue Fiction-General

Subject:

Children s Young Adult-Social Issue Fiction

Edition Description:

Hardback

Publication Date:

20110531

Binding:

HARDCOVER

Grade Level:

from 7 up to AND UP

Language:

English

Pages:

416

Dimensions:

8.55 x 6.18 x 1.41 in 1.13 lb

Age Level:

12-12

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Product details 416 pages Viking - 2012-08-18 English 9780670012947 Reviews:

"Publishers Weekly Review" by Publishers Weekly, "Dessen's 10th novel is another smoothly written journey of self-discovery. Mclean Sweet, named for 'the all-time winningest basketball coach of Defriese University,' has moved four times in two years, following her father's job as a restaurant consultant. Each time she moves she reinvents herself, not so much to try on a new identity but to rid herself of the original one — only daughter of a couple whose divorce was an awful, public scandal. It becomes clear that although Defriese basketball was her father's obsession, Mclean's idol was her mother, and Mclean's lasting anger adds an emotional punch to a long narrative that doesn't otherwise have much of an arc. It will delight Dessen's passionate fans that Mclean and her father have landed in Lakeview (capital of Dessenland) and that the action ricochets between there and familiar (fictional) beach towns. As Mclean figures out how to make peace with her mother, she relies on friends made at both school and at the restaurant her father is trying to save. Dessen delivers another cast of authentic, likable characters, struggling to make sense of the world. Ages 12 — up. (May)" Publishers Weekly (Starred Review) (Copyright PWxyz LLC)