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The Search for meaning after loss is the greatest struggle of all.

Small-town girl Lilly Sterling thought she had it all: popularity,
friends, love. But when everything in her world was shattered in a
single blow, she plummeted into a downward spiral that seems to go on
forever. Her boyfriend is gone; her mother is gone; her younger sister
is lost in her own problems; and her father is drowning his problems
in drink.

So when someone new enters Lilly's life, she finds herself caught
between her present and her past. But the whispers of her past aren't
stopping, in fact, they're getting louder.

This coming-of-age tale about love, loss, and redemption follows
seventeen-year-old Lilly as she struggles to find herself in a search
for meaning. Journey with her as she lives through the everyday—and
the not-so-everyday—struggles of growing up.

Title: The Search
Author: S.A. McClure
Formats available: mobi/PDF
Start date: November 20th 2016



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I'm in, PDF.

Brooke

I'm in ;)

I'm in too

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I'm in!

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I would love too! Count me in

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I'm in, PDF please.
riqi8969@gmail.com

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What's the time limit on when we have to review by?

Ideally within 2 weeks, but you have 12 weeks total ☺

Okay thanks!

I want to read this book.
My emailadress are:
caroline_johansson_73@hotmail.com

I want format epub

I'm afraid this one isn't available in epub format.

chapter 4 (view spoiler)[ no wonder he's screwed up if he caught his wife in bed with his daughter's teacher! (hide spoiler)]

chapter 7 (view spoiler)[ it is bad that she's waited 2 months to say sorry. she should never have been reading her sister's diary anyway. (hide spoiler)]

Sarah wrote: "chapter 4 [spoilers removed]"

(view spoiler)[Would be awful to find out like that! (hide spoiler)]

Sarah wrote: "chapter 7 [spoilers removed]"

(view spoiler)[Took enough time to apologize! (hide spoiler)]

chapter 9 (view spoiler)[ ah, so her father is racist too. (hide spoiler)]

chapter 25 (view spoiler)[ i feel really sorry for Will. he's trying so hard and she's just constantly holding back. (hide spoiler)]

chapter 31 (view spoiler)[ i thought that her father had killed Wes after the racist comment he made. (hide spoiler)]

the end (view spoiler)[ so he killed himself over what lily's father said to him? I'm confused. (hide spoiler)]

Is this file formatted badly or is it just me? There's a jump every 2 lines and there are page numbers in the middle.

there are page numbers showing up on mine, but otherwise its okay. You had mobi format too didn't you?

Yup mine was mobi. Maybe the kindle app on my phone is just messing it up.

Chapter 9: (view spoiler)[ I'm not liking this that much. The dialogue and the way they act just seems very unrealistic for someone their age. They seem more like 14 or 15 year olds dating than 17 and 18 year olds. Also, for someone who feels like she's betraying her old boyfriend by being with Will, she said she loved him awfully fast. Also, did her father kill her old boyfriend? (hide spoiler)]

Chapter 4
(view spoiler)[ It's sad that his wife was that kind of woman. No wonder he couldn't handle it but he shouldn't t treat his daughters like that even if it was hard. (hide spoiler)]

Chapter 15: (view spoiler)[ I'm not quite sure why they wouldn't just go to the principal with their issue. The principal trusts Lilly, so she wouldn't think she was lying. Maybe things are different in that school, but as far at I know, at my school if even the most untrustworthy student told the administration that they were being sexually assaulted by a teacher, it would be investigated, and at the very least they'd make sure the student wouldn't be in any more classes with them. (hide spoiler)]

Chapter 28: (view spoiler)[ I just can't get into this. The writing just throws me off. It's either that the characters are too old for the writing, or the writing is too juvenile for the characters. I'm leaning towards the second due to the content of the book. The interactions between characters just seen extremely forced and don't fit in my opinion. (hide spoiler)]

Chapter 11
(view spoiler)[ At the beginning I think it was nice read but as soon as I start reading chapters with more dialogues I find it tiresome. They are to unnatural.
And now we have also sexual harassment by teacher. Hard topic, so I will see if author made it work. (hide spoiler)]

Done: (view spoiler)[ It got better near the end when all the conflict was resolved, enough to bring my rating from 1 to 1.5. However I still didn't really enjoy it, the whole thing felt too stiff and unnatural. They didn't act their age at all. (hide spoiler)]

Finished
(view spoiler)[ Unfortunately, I didn't enjoy reading this book. It was so tiresome. Characters acted like they were children and their behaviour was confusing . (hide spoiler)]

Chapter 4: (view spoiler)[ I find it sad that his wife was that kind of woman. I think I would be messed up as well. (hide spoiler)]

My review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

Thanks Ginger ☺

Chapter 7: (view spoiler)[ Wow...she waited two months to say that she was sorry. That seems a bit selfish. She should have apologized right away in my opinion. (hide spoiler)]

Chapter 15: (view spoiler)[ The story is getting a bit boring and I think that it is dragging out. I hope it gets better. The characters are not very engaging to me either. (hide spoiler)]

Sarah wrote: "chapter 25 [spoilers removed]"

(view spoiler)[ I feel bad for him as well. I wonder why she is holding back. (hide spoiler)]

Ending Thoughts: (view spoiler)[ That ending was confusing. Why did he kill himself? Just because of the comments her dad made? That just seems wrong. (hide spoiler)]