just finished reading this book called the end of forever by lurlene mcdaniel. cried a bucket of tears while reading it. maybe just half a bucket. if not i would have dehydrated. ha. there're two novels in this book. its a linked story. Somewhere Between Life and Death and Time To Let Go.

somewhere between life and death

The celebration isn't supposed to end in tragedy. The night of their high-school drama group's cast party starts out as fun for sisters Amy and Erin.Their lives come crashing down when Amy takes the car to get more food and has a horrible accident. Erin and her family pray for Amy to awaken from her coma. But as the monitor bleeps and the respirator hisses, Amy lies somewhere between life and death.Erin and her parents must find the courage to accept the fact that Amy's life-support system will never bring her back. When she dies, can the family give some meaning to her senseless death? Can Amy's dying become the hope for someone else's living?

time to let go

The doctors assure Erin Bennett and her parents that they can't find a physical cause for her headaches. But the throbbing, violent pain is so intense that Erin knows she needs help. Even landing the lead in the senior musical opposite David Devlin, the good-looking, popular guy everyone else is wild about, doesn't give Erin much pleasure. In fact, she finds David so annoying that her headaches are getting worse. Erin knows that the headaches started just after the death of her younger sister, Amy, one year ago. She though her grieving was over, but somehow the headaches must be connected to Amy. The therapist Erin starts seeing begins to help her deal with her pain, but what is it about David that triggers Erin's violent reaction?

i love all her books. she writes about people who are sick or the people around them who are sick. the stories show us how they cope with their life. how they carry on living even though their life had been drastically changed. life is not all smooth sailing. those who happen to go to the library. i recommend u guys to read her books.

“I write the kind of books I write because I want to help kids understand
that nobody gets to pick what life dishes out to them. What you do get to
choose is how you respond to what life gives you. No matter what happens,
life is a gift. And always worth living.”—Lurlene McDaniel

the book gave me an excellent excuse to cry my heart out.