OLDER FICTION
McNamara, Amy

Lovely, Dark and Deep

(4) YA After surviving the car crash that killed her boyfriend, eighteen-year-old Wren retreats to her artist father's studio in the Maine wilderness. Wren becomes a hopeless recluse, but Cal, a boy with MS who needs Wren as much as she needs him, eventually awakens her. Development of secondary characters and backstory are subordinate to McNamara's powerful, lyrical portrayal of Wren's grief.

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