It had all gone wrong, of course.I can guess what went wrong, since I've read what's on the back cover. The main character is suicidally depressed, and her feisty grandmother enters the picture.
Jennifer Stempler has nothing left to lose. The love of her life left her, her mother died in a senseless car accident, and her Hollywood producer father started a brand-new family — with no room in it for her. So, 23-year-old Jennifer decides to pursue (permanent) oblivion — in the form of Xanax and tequila — on the beach near her home in Venice, California. But Jennifer's depression is no match for her nana's determination.As a sometimes feisty grandmother myself, I look forward to this story.
Gabby Zuckerman refuses to let her granddaughter self-destruct. With her trademark feistiness, this force of nature whisks Jennifer back to her home in New York City, intending to prove to Jennifer that her life cannot possibly be over yet. In fact, it has just begun. Through jaunts in Central Park and road trips to Maine, Gabby tries to teach Jennifer how to trust and hope again. But when Gabby reveals a secret — one that challenges Jennifer with a haunting and heartbreaking truth — Jennifer must find whether she has it in her to provide the final gift only she can give.
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