The Catastrophic History of You And Me
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4.8 • 35 Ratings
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- $6.99
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- $6.99
Publisher Description
An addictively page-turning romance for fans of Before I Fall and The Fault in Our Stars
Brie is the “biggest, cheesiest, sappiest romantic” who believes that everyone will find their perfect someone. So when Jacob, the love of Brie's life, tells her he doesn't love her anymore, the news breaks her heart--literally. But now that she's D&G (dead and gone), Brie revisits the living world to discover that her family has begun to unravel and her best friend has been keeping an intimate secret about her boyfriend. Somehow, Brie must handle all of this while navigating through the five steps of grief with the help of Patrick, her mysterious bomber-jacketed guide to the afterlife. But how is she supposed to face the Ever After with a broken heart and no one to call her own?
"The debut is a fast, twisty, highly dramatic read about the turbulent nature of love."--Romantic Times
"Rothenberg exploes what happens in the afterlife when you aren't quite done with your life."--San Francisco Chronicle
"The funniest, sweetest, most heartfelt, sigh-worthy and oh-so-romantic story I've ever read. You'll love it!"--Cynthia Leitich Smith, New York Times bestselling author of Eternal and Blessed
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
When Brie's boyfriend, Jacob, dumps her, the 15-year-old girl literally dies of a broken heart. She's left floating above her family and friends, attempting to piece together the fragments of her brief life and how it all came to an end with the four devastating words, "I don't love you." With the help of Patrick, a cute and funny boy who died in the 1980s, Brie passes through the stages of grief. Along the way, she witnesses the people she loved mourn her (including her cardiac surgeon father, who frantically searches for a logical explanation for her death), revisits episodes from her past, and exacts ghostly revenge on her ex. Secondary characters can be slight, and elements of Rothenberg's premise are derivative of other titles featuring deceased teens in limbo. However, thanks to Brie's fresh and poignant narration, this first novel brings a welcome touch of irreverence to the larger themes of death, heartbreak, and forgiveness as Brie learns that sometimes there really are second chances. Ages 12 up.
Customer Reviews
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This is such a beautiful book, it made me cry so much and smile it was honestly an amazing book , I'm not much of a reader but this one gets me.
I didn't buy it on ITunes buttttt
I have to say although I didn't buy it from iTunes and I got the hardback copy of the book for only 1.50 the book is amazing and I can see why it's that much here the story chapters contain song lyrics and things I really love this sappy book it's better than the fault in our stars
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Loved it!!