BEFORE I FALL meets GIRL INTERRUPTED. Intense, poignant and moving, a new contemporary novel by the author of SLIDE and IMPOSTER.What’s the worst thing you’ve ever done?Ever since the night Liliana Crane cut too deep, her family and friends have been anxious about her imminent...
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BEFORE I FALL meets GIRL INTERRUPTED. Intense, poignant and moving, a new contemporary novel by the author of SLIDE and IMPOSTER.What’s the worst thing you’ve ever done?Ever since the night Liliana Crane cut too deep, her family and friends have been anxious about her imminent self-destruction.Then Lil catches her boyfriend making out with her best friend, and everyone’s worst fears come true when Lil steals a car and sends what seems to be a suicidal text before running head on into another car. She’s horrified when she wakes up in the hospital and learns that she accidentally killed her English teacher. Lil’s guilt is so consuming that she tells the police she meant to cause the accident, even though that couldn’t be further from the truth.Before Lil can come to terms with her mistake, she is put on trial for murder, and her life becomes even more hellish than before. In the midst of chaos, she unexpectedly finds love and learns the true meaning of forgiveness. The question becomes whether she can forgive herself and carry on with the crushing weight of her regret.When you’ve done something so terrible that you can’t bear to look at yourself in the mirror, what makes life worth living?Every. Little. Thing.
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