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Love, Life, and the List

by Kasie West Publisher: HARPERTEEN

Art, friendship, and a summer list

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AlbakiReads Editorial

Art, friendship, and a summer list

Abby Turner’s plan to improve her painting takes the form of a ten-item list, but the tasks reach beyond the canvas: facing a fear, hearing a stranger’s story, and falling in love. The list gives the novel a clear structure as Abby navigates an unrequited crush on her best friend, her mother’s anxiety, and a rejection from an art show. Its central thread connects artistic growth with the possibility that personal change may shape what Abby creates. Family relationships, friendship, romance, and self-discovery all feed into that question.

Good fit for readers who enjoy

  • Teens and young adults interested in contemporary stories about friendship and romance.
  • Readers who enjoy coming-of-age stories involving art and personal goals.
  • Those looking for a novel that includes family relationships and anxiety as part of its subject matter.

Themes

Artistic growthSelf-discoveryFriendship and unrequited loveFamily and anxiety

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Book overview

What do you do when you've fallen for your best friend? Funny and romantic, this effervescent story about family, friendship, and finding yourself is perfect for fans of Sarah Dessen and Jenny Han.

Seventeen-year-old Abby Turner's summer isn't going the way she'd planned. She has a not-so-secret but definitely unrequited crush on her best friend, Cooper. She hasn't been able to manage her mother's growing issues with anxiety. And now she's been rejected from an art show because her work "has no heart." So when she gets another opportunity to show her paintings, Abby isn't going to take any chances.

Which is where the list comes in.

Abby gives herself one month to do ten things, ranging from face a fear (#3) to learn a stranger's story (#5) to fall in love (#8). She knows that if she can complete the list, she'll become the kind of artist she's always dreamed of being.

But as the deadline approaches, Abby realizes that getting through the list isn't as straightforward as it seems . . . and that maybe--just maybe--she can't change her art if she isn't first willing to change herself.

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I highly recommend to for anyone looking for inner clarity

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