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This Is Us for teens, this luminous and heartbreaking contemporary novel follows a girl caught between two brothers as the three of them navigate family, loss, and love over the course of two summers. For fans of Far From the Tree, Emergency Contact, and Nina LaCour.
Before she kissed one of the Cohen boys, seventeen-year-old Jessi Rumfield knew what it was like to have a family—even if, technically, that family didn’t belong to her. She’d spent her childhood in the house next door, challenging Rowan Cohen to tennis matches while his older brother, Luke, studied in the background and Mel watched over the three like the mother Jessi always wished she had.
But then everything changed. It’s been almost a year since Jessi last visited the Cohen house. Rowan is gone. Mel is in remission and Luke hates Jessi for the role she played in breaking his family apart. Now Jessi spends her days at a dead-end summer job avoiding her real mother, who suddenly wants to play a role in Jessi's life after being absent for so long. But when Luke comes home from college, it's hard to ignore the past. And when he asks Jessi to pretend to be his girlfriend for the final months of Mel’s life, Jessi finds herself drawn back into the world of the Cohens. Everything’s changed, but Jessi can’t help wanting to be a Cohen, even if it means playing pretend for one final summer.
Before she kissed one of the Cohen boys, seventeen-year-old Jessi Rumfield knew what it was like to have a family—even if, technically, that family didn’t belong to her. She’d spent her childhood in the house next door, challenging Rowan Cohen to tennis matches while his older brother, Luke, studied in the background and Mel watched over the three like the mother Jessi always wished she had.
But then everything changed. It’s been almost a year since Jessi last visited the Cohen house. Rowan is gone. Mel is in remission and Luke hates Jessi for the role she played in breaking his family apart. Now Jessi spends her days at a dead-end summer job avoiding her real mother, who suddenly wants to play a role in Jessi's life after being absent for so long. But when Luke comes home from college, it's hard to ignore the past. And when he asks Jessi to pretend to be his girlfriend for the final months of Mel’s life, Jessi finds herself drawn back into the world of the Cohens. Everything’s changed, but Jessi can’t help wanting to be a Cohen, even if it means playing pretend for one final summer.
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Sonia Rai
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Characters change and growBeautifully writtenHeartbreakingMade me cryMeaningful
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Characters change and growEasy to readHeartbreakingRealistic settingMade me cry
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Destiny Martz
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“Book reviews for books like this always stump me. Mainly because I never know what to write or how to explain some of the beauty the book withheld to me, but as I update my things, I want to honor this book with some of the things I really enjoyed.
Sarah Everett has always written books that deals with triggering topics. Most of them diving deep into the world beyond depression and continuing to spiral so much it's ALMOST too real to continue reading but nonetheless I really adored this book. It follows alongside Jessi, who has never really known what it's like to actually have a family and she really just goes beyond her own home into the Cohens like she has always belonged. Until the one night that always changes everything. Of course, heartbreak and loss come into pay but of course that's always known. I really liked the way this book took its turn at hand with oncoming major depressive disorder as it had an effect on Jessi's life for so long. It showed that it isn't ever easy and with it comes a lot of problems that one has to overcome. I think the message of course goes out to a younger audience but it's all the same with the message of it never being easy. And it isn't. In some cases, and for Jessi it wasn't.”
Destiny Lynch
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“Book reviews for books like this always stump me. Mainly because I never know what to write or how to explain some of the beauty the book withheld to me, but as I update my things, I want to honor this book with some of the things I really enjoyed.
Sarah Everett has always written books that deals with triggering topics. Most of them diving deep into the world beyond depression and continuing to spiral so much it's ALMOST too real to continue reading but nonetheless I really adored this book. It follows alongside Jessi, who has never really known what it's like to actually have a family and she really just goes beyond her own home into the Cohens like she has always belonged. Until the one night that always changes everything. Of course, heartbreak and loss come into pay but of course that's always known. I really liked the way this book took its turn at hand with oncoming major depressive disorder as it had an effect on Jessi's life for so long. It showed that it isn't ever easy and with it comes a lot of problems that one has to overcome. I think the message of course goes out to a younger audience but it's all the same with the message of it never being easy. And it isn't. In some cases, and for Jessi it wasn't.”
About Sarah Everett
Sarah Everett is the author of The Probability of Everything as well as several books for teens. Charlotte’s Web was the first book that ever made her cry, and while she despises spiders, she still has an abiding love of stories that move her. When she is not reading or writing, she is dreaming about summer, gearing up for her next travel adventure, perfecting her tree pose, or yodeling with her dog. She lives in western Canada.
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