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by Mindi Scott
If Coley Sterling's best friend would stop hating her, if her dance-team captains would lighten up, if her friends would stop asking her about Reece, the geeky sax player she's crushing on - then her life would be perfect. Right? After all, Coley's stepdad is a successful attorney who gives Coley and her siblings everything, and her mother will stop at nothing to keep them all happy and safe - including having escaped ten years ago from the abuse of Coley's real father.
But Coley is keeping a lot of secrets. She won't admit - not even to herself - that her almost-perfect life is her own carefully crafted facade. Now, Coley and Reece are getting closer, and a decade's worth of Coley's lies are on the verge of unraveling - along with the life she thought she knew.
"Starred Review. Required reading for anyone who's ever wondered 'why didn't they just tell someone?'" - Kirkus Reviews
"Live Through This is by turns harrowing, sad, funny, and romantic. I couldn't put it down." - Stephanie Perkins, author of Anna and the French Kiss
"Intensely emotional and beautifully crafted, I savored every word." - Amanda Grace, author of In Too Deep
"An honest and realistic portrayal of what it is to live with secrets and shame." – Jo Knowles, author of Lessons From a Dead Girl
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Mindi Scott is the author of Freefall and Live Through This. She lives near Seattle, Washington, with her drummer husband in a house with a non-soundproof basement.
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