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Life Despite Everything by Tim Federle
(Il Castoro Publishing House)
«"A Catcher in the Rye for the new generations." – ****Kirkus, Starred Review
«The gay young adult novel you've been waiting for» – ****Huffington Post
Special Mention New York Times
As brilliant as a sitcom, as intense and profound as the best young adult fiction.
A story about friendship, love, loss and the strength to take back control of your life and your dreams.
Life isn't a movie. There's no script.
But you are the protagonist, live it as much as you can.
Sixteen-year-old Quinn Roberts had only one big dream: to write compelling dialogue for the movie she made with her sister Annabeth and take it to Hollywood. This was before Quinn dropped out of school, before her mother started sleeping on the couch... and before the car accident that took Annabeth and changed everything. At least Quinn has Geoff left, her best friend, who believes it's time to move on. One night, Geoff manages to drag him to a party where, against all odds, Quinn meets a boy and falls instantly in love. It's love at first sight, sudden, unexpected, and it shakes him up and brings him back into the world, step by step. So he begins to see his future as a script with a happy ending, but for that to happen, he'll have to take his life back and become its protagonist again.
The author: Tim Federle He was born in San Francisco and raised in Pittsburgh. After a career as an actor in Broadway musicals that began as a teenager, he is now an author of children's books and a screenwriter. His most recent works include the screenplay for Ferdinand, animated film nominated for an Oscar and Golden Globe. For Il Castoro he published Better Nat than nothing.
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