The Truth About Forever The Truth About Forever is Sarah Dessen's sixth novel. It was published in hardcover on May 11, 2004 and in paperback on April 6, 2006.
Summary A long, hot summer…that’s what hardworking sixteen-year-old Macy Queen has to look forward to. Her boyfriend Jason is going away to brain camp for the summer. With Jason gone Macy will be spending her days with a dull-as-dishwater job at the library, evenings will be filled with the vocabulary drills for the SATs, and spare time will be passed grieving silently with her mother over her father’s unexpected death or her sister’s project of renovating the neglected beach house that awakens long-buried memories. Macy is corralled into helping out at one of her mother’s open house events where she meets the chaotic, fun-loving Wish Catering crew. She loves everything about the work and the people. But the best thing about Wish is Wes- a boy with a past, taste for truth-telling, amazing artistic talent, and the kind of boy who can turn any girl’s world upside down. Wes gets Macy to look at life in a whole new way and start living it. As Macy ventures out of her shell, she begins to wonder, is it really better to be safe than sorry?
Macy Queen has a long boring summer ahead of her. Her boyfriend is going away to brain camp for the summer.Author: Sarah Dessen Download "The Truth About Forever" from Google Books The Truth About Forever. With her sixth novel, award-winning author Sarah Dessen offers up another generous helping of finely crafted storytelling about real teens dealing with real life. In The Truth About Forever, when asked how she is coping with her father's death, invariably seventeen year old Macy Queen's answer is "fine," when nothing could be further from the truth. In actuality, she is drowning in grief while maintaining a flawless façade of good grades and unblemished behavior. Though she feels lost when her boyfriend heads to "Brain Camp" for the summer, she finds herself a job with the quirky Wish Catering crew, and meets "sa-woon"-worthy Wes, whose chaotic lifestyle is in direct opposition to her own. As the two share their stories over the summer, Macy realizes she can no longer keep her feelings on ice. Though it feels like her future endedwith her dad's death, Macy's learns that forever is all about beginnings. Dessen charts Macy's navigation of grief in such an honest way it will touch every reader who meets her. All of the Dessen trademarks are here: a girl in transition, a wonderfully fleshed out cast of secondary characters, and of course, the luminous, powerful writing itself. The Truth About Forever will more than satisfy Dessen's legion of fans, and will win her countless more as well. Highly recommended. (Ages 12 and up) Jennifer Hubert
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