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After battling leukemia, British seventeen-year-old Livia is thrilled to visit her older brother in the U.S. Recording her experiences in a private blog, Livia intermingles tales of a newly developing romance with recollections of her ex-boyfriends. Livia's lively voice can't quite overcome the two-dimensional plot; the return of her symptoms leads to an ending more trite than heart-wrenching.