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by Lia Hills
Seven days after his mother dies in a sudden, senseless accident, seventeen-year-old Will embarks on a search for meaning that leads him to the great philosophers--Plato, Seneca, Kierkegaard, Nietzsche--and to Taryn, the beautiful girl he meets at his mother’s wake. Will is desperate to find, however he can, something authentic, something ultimate, something so true he would live or die for it. But is he willing to risk losing Taryn—losing everything--to seek the answers he craves?
"Starred Review. Although this novel begins with a death, it is a celebration of life, companionship, and love. Ages 14–up." - Publishers Weekly
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"Beautifully written, this novel will appeal to teens who are deep thinkers and questioners." - School Library Journal
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Lia Hills is the author of the award-winning adult poetry collection, the possibility of flight, and the translator of Tom is Dead by Marie Darrieussecq. She lives in Melbourne, Australia. This is her first novel.
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