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The Truth About Forever by SarahDessen
I Was Stupefied.
 
With her sixth novel, award-winning author Sarah Dessen offers upanother generous helping of finely crafted storytelling about real teensdealing with real life. In The Truth About Forever, when asked how she iscoping with her fathers death, invariably seventeen year old Macy Queensanswer is fine, when nothing could be further from the truth. In actuality,she is drowning in grief while maintaining a flawless façade of goodgrades and unblemished behavior. Though she feels lost when herboyfriend heads to Brain Camp for the summer, she finds herself a job withthe quirky Wish Catering crew, and meets sa-woon-worthy Wes, whosechaotic lifestyle is in direct opposition to her own. As the two share theirstories over the summer, Macy realizes she can no longer keep herfeelings on ice. Though it feels like her future endedwith her dads death,Macys learns that forever is all about beginnings. Dessen charts Macysnavigation of grief in such an honest way it will touch every reader whomeets her. All of the Dessen trademarks are here: a girl in transition, awonderfully fleshed out cast of secondary characters, and of course, theluminous, powerful writing itself. The Truth About Forever will more thansatisfy Dessens legion of fans, and will win her countless more as well.Highly recommended. (Ages 12 and up) --Jennifer HubertThe blurb does not do justice with the whole book. It says a lot about thestory, but nothing about the amazing characters.Macy Queen strives to be perfect. Not because she wanted to, but she feltlike she needed to. After the death of her father, she started hiding insideherself, convinced that her mother needed her to be strong. Macy tries toget perfect grades, gets the perfect (and smart) boyfriend, and is preparedto face the long summer with the things expected of her.But with anyone who tries to avoid the proper stages of grieving in losing aloved one, it always catches up on you. That summer, Macys world turnsupside down when she meets the Wish Catering crew. Theres Delia, the
 
very pregnant owner of the business; Kristy, the fashionable girl whobefriends Macy and gets her to go to the parties they go to; Monica, Kristyssister who barely utters a word (and probably cant say a word about weightloss pill); Bert, the Armageddon-obsessed dorky guy who drives anambulance; and finally, Wes, the guy with the past (as the blurbmentioned), and probably the hottest fictional guy Ive ever read about. :PSeriously, theres something about how Dessen wrote about Wes thatmakes me crush on him. :PThe cast of characters is one of the things that make this book interesting.I cant imagine not having any of them there, even the two snobby girls atthe library that Macy hates. Their reactions to the plot felt so real that I feltlike I was there with them while reading it. I dont think theres any cateringcompany that has as many disasters as the Wish catering crew did, but itsthat chaos that makes them who they are.Story wise, its pretty straightforward. The things that happened arent thatunexpected, really, like Macys moms breakdown or her leaving the job. Itswhat youd expect to happen in a storyline like this, and even if it isexpected, it worked. The characters managed to carry the whole bookthrough and leave an important lesson about grieving and imperfection.And again, on Wes: I agree with what Sarah Dessen wrote in her bookinfo: The blurb does not do justice with the whole book. It says a lot aboutthe story, but nothing about the amazing characters.Macy Queen strives to be perfect. Not because she wanted to, but she feltlike she needed to. After the death of her father, she started hiding insideherself, convinced that her mother needed her to be strong. Macy tries toget perfect grades, gets the perfect (and smart) boyfriend, and is preparedto face the long summer with the things expected of her.But with anyone who tries to avoid the proper stages of grieving in losing aloved one, it always catches up on you. That summer, Macys world turnsupside down when she meets the Wish Catering crew. Theres Delia, thevery pregnant owner of the business; Kristy, the fashionable girl whobefriends Macy and gets her to go to the parties they go to; Monica, Kristyssister who barely utters a word (and probably cant say a word about weightloss pill); Bert, the Armageddon-obsessed dorky guy who drives anambulance; and finally, Wes, the guy with the past (as the blurbmentioned), and probably the hottest fictional guy Ive ever read about. :PSeriously, theres something about how Dessen wrote about Wes thatmakes me crush on him. :PThe cast of characters is one of the things that make this book interesting.I cant imagine not having any of them there, even the two snobby girls atthe library that Macy hates. Their reactions to the plot felt so real that I feltlike I was there with them while reading it. I dont think theres any catering
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