A week before turning twenty-five, Luna learns she has six months to live. What she writes — part diary, part handbook — speaks directly to you, like a friend leaning in close.
Tender, unforgettable, and best read slowly. Maybe on a bench along the Marginal Way.
$18.99
A week before her twenty-fifth birthday, Luna receives the kind of news no one is ever ready for: a deadly brain tumor, and six months to live.
What she leaves behind is part diary, part handbook — a raw, intimate guide to being alive when time is suddenly, painfully finite. Written for her little sister, but offered openly to anyone who picks it up.
Set against the bright, restless backdrop of Los Angeles, Luna plans her last birthday. Takes her last family vacation. Falls in love one final time. And slowly, she comes to a quiet, devastating realization — that she has been living all wrong. She keeps her diagnosis a secret from nearly everyone, carrying the weight of it in pages she hopes will outlast her.
What makes this book so unusual is its voice. Luna breaks the fourth wall and speaks directly to you, the reader, like a friend leaning in close. She wrestles with mortality, love, meaning, and the small, ordinary moments that turn out to be the whole point.
Part novel, part self-help, How to Live; Written by a Girl Who’s Going to Die blends story and wisdom in a way that lingers long after the last page.
It’s the kind of book you’ll want to read slowly. Maybe on a bench along the Marginal Way, with the ocean doing its steady, reassuring work in the background. A reminder, gentle but firm, to pay attention to this strange and beautiful life while we have it.
A tender, unforgettable debut for fans of contemporary literary fiction and reflective memoir alike.
| Weight | 0.62 lbs |
|---|---|
| Dimensions | 5.25 × 0.60 × 8.00 in |
| Book Author | Lauren Kolodin |
| Fiction Type | |
| Subject |
12 Perkins Cove Rd,
Ogunquit, ME 03907
Reviews
There are no reviews yet.