All the Bright Places
Jennifer Niven, 2015
A boy who can't stop thinking about death and a girl who can't stop thinking about the sister she lost meet on a ledge — and dare each other to find reasons to stay.
Jennifer Niven
Jennifer Niven has said the character of Theodore Finch was inspired by a boy she knew as a teenager, and that she wanted to write a book that made suicide prevention feel personal rather than instructional.
Feels like identity, hope and friendship.
What a family argues about when it can't talk about death.
She’s shivering or shaking, I can’t tell which, and so I slowly inch my way toward her, hoping I don’t fall off before I get there, because the last thing I want to do is make a jackass out of myself in front of this girl. “I’ve made it clear I want cremation, but my mom doesn’t believe in it.” And my dad will do whatever she says so he won’t upset her any more than he already has, and besides, You’re far too young to think about this, you know your Grandma Finch lived to be ninety-eight, we don’t need to talk about that now, Theodore, don’t upset your mother. Books by Jennifer Niven
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