Love, Aubrey - Hardcover

Lafleur, Suzanne

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0385737742 ISBN 13: 9780385737746

Publisher: Wendy Lamb Books, 2009

Synopsis

"I had everything I needed to run a household: a house, food, and a new family. From now on it would just be me and Sammy–the two of us, and no one else."

A tragic accident has turned eleven-year-old Aubrey’s world upside down. Starting a new life all alone, Aubrey has everything she thinks she needs: SpaghettiOs and Sammy, her new pet fish. She cannot talk about what happened to her. Writing letters is the only thing that feels right to Aubrey, even if no one ever reads them.
With the aid of her loving grandmother and new friends, Aubrey learns that she is not alone, and gradually, she finds the words to express feelings that once seemed impossible to describe. The healing powers of friendship, love, and memory help Aubrey take her first steps toward the future.
Readers will care for Aubrey from page one and will watch her grow until the very end, when she has to make one of the biggest decisions of her life.
Love, Aubrey is devastating, brave, honest, funny, and hopeful, and it introduces a remarkable new writer, Suzanne LaFleur. No matter how old you are, this book is not to be missed.

About this title

Review:

Starred Review, Booklist, August 1, 2009:
"LeFleur proves she is an author to watch in this debut novel."

"From the Hardcover edition."

Starred Review, Booklist, August 1, 2009:
"LeFleur proves she is an author to watch in this debut novel."

From the Hardcover edition.

From the Back Cover:

Something terrible has happened. Eleven-year-old Aubrey is on her own.

'It was fun at first, playing house. Nothing to think about but T.V and cheese. A perfect world.'

She's determined to hide away and take care of herself, because facing the truth is too much to bear.

'I couldn't let anyone know that I was alone. I was staying right here.'

But with the love of her grandmother and the letters she writes, can Aubrey begin to see that even though she's lost everything - all is not lost?

About this edition

• Publisher: Wendy Lamb Books
• Publication date: 2009
• ISBN 10: 0385737742
• ISBN 13: 9780385737746
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 261