Seventeen-year-old Will is clever but he can't find answers to any of his questions after his mother dies in a car accident. His father seems to be drifting and his older brother stays away from home. And Will just can't get past being either angry or in tears. He finds his mum's old camera and begins taking photos that help him see thing differently.
When he meets sixteen-year-old Taryn he falls for her in a big way. On top of that, his mind is exploding with new questions- like so many teenagers, he's desperate for ideas by which he can live and die.
Lia Hills' The Beginners Guide to Living is a compelling novel about grief, ideas and experience, about those moments in your life that change you forever.
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Lia Hills Imprint: Text Publishing Company Country of Publication: Australia Dimensions:
Height: 199mm,
Width: 128mm,
Spine: 16mm
Weight: 210g ISBN:9781921520075 ISBN 10: 1921520078 Pages: 224 Publication Date:02 February 2009 Audience:
Children/juvenile
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English as a second language
Format:Paperback Publisher's Status: Active
Short-listed for New Zealand Post Children's Book Awards: Senior Fiction 2010
Shortlisted for New Zealand Post Children's Book Award: Senior Fiction 2010.
Shortlisted for New Zealand Post Children's Book Awards: Senior Fiction 2010.
