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277 pp.
| HarperTeen |
September, 2012 |
TradeISBN 978-0-06-211047-3$17.99
(4)
YA
Dead but still charismatic, Tink makes her presence known to the friends suffering most from her suicide, Merissa and Nadia. As they go through rough patches separately--dealing with divorce, cutting, inappropriate crushes, eating disorders, and so on--Tink's eerie presence comforts them and ushers them to resolution and growth. Oates writes lyrically, but her characters are sometimes too obviously mapped out.