Between Here and Forever
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Publisher Description
A heartbreaking and romantic coming-of-age novel from the author of Perfect You and Living Dead Girl.
“I miss her, but not like I should. I want her to wake up so I don't have to be tied to her forever.”
Abby long ago accepted that she can’t measure up to her beautiful, magnetic sister Tess, but at least she knows exactly what she is: Second best. Invisible.
Until the accident.
Now Tess is in a coma, and Abby’s life is on hold. It may have been hard living with Tess, but it’s nothing compared to living without her. Abby’s got a plan to bring Tess back, though, involving the gorgeous and mysterious Eli. But then she learns a shocking secret about Tess. Something that was always right there, but she’d never seen.
Abby is about to find out that truth isn’t always what you think it is, and that life holds more than she ever thought it could.
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
Revisiting territory she explored in Love You Hate You Miss You (2009), Scott weaves angst, tragedy, and romance to tell the story of 17-year-old Abby, whose older sister, Tess, is in a coma following a car accident (the protagonist of Scott's earlier book was mourning a friend killed in a car accident). Depressed, grief-stricken, and self-hating, Abby desperately wants Tess to recover, in large part so that she can get on with her own life. Enter gorgeous hospital worker Eli. When Eli speaks, Abby sees Tess's eyes flutter, so she persuades Eli to visit and speak to Tess regularly. The idea that a guy's sexy voice might awaken Tess is as romantic as it is ridiculous, though it handily sets up the possibility of an Abby/Eli relationship if only Abby felt she deserved happiness. At times, Abby's low self-esteem is so intense as to feel like caricature, but her growth comes across as natural and genuine, as she slowly begins to put her life in perspective. Readers will appreciate that Scott resists a too-perfect, too-neat ending. Ages 14 up.
