Here Lies Bridget
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- 5,49 €
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- 5,49 €
Beschreibung des Verlags
Bridget Duke is the uncontested ruler of her school. The meanest girl with the biggest secret insecurities. And when new girl Anna Judge arrives, things start to fall apart for Bridget: friends don't worship as attentively, teachers don't fall for her wide-eyed "who me?" look, expulsion looms ahead and the one boy she's always loved—Liam Ward—can barely even look at her anymore.
When a desperate Bridget drives too fast and crashes her car, she ends up in limbo, facing everyone she's wronged and walking a few uncomfortable miles in their shoes. Now she has only one chance to make a last impression. Though she might end up dead, she has one last shot at redemption and the chance to right the wrongs she's inflicted on the people who mean the most to her.
And Bridget's about to learn that, sometimes, saying you're sorry just isn't enough….
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Bridget Duke, father is a famous sportscaster, and Bridget herself is both entitled and deeply insecure. "is fame made me cool by association. I didn't need to be head cheerleader (which is good because I never could be).... I was a local princess." She disrespects her family and friends, especially her caring stepmother, and terrorizes her teachers and classmates. Bridget has crossed the line so many times that the next step is expulsion, which she barely dodges. When a new girl draws the attention of Bridget's ex (and the rest of the school), it's more than Bridget can take. In a rage, Bridget accidentally crashes her car and finds herself in limbo, with the five people she has hurt the most deciding her fate. The structure of Harbison's debut novel (which calls to mind A Christmas Carol, as Bridget is given the chance to see herself from the perspectives of others) results in some tedious repetition. But secondary characters are convincingly rounded, and the discoveries that Bridget makes along her path to redemption expose the true emotional impetus behind her behavior. Ages 13 18.
