How To Save A Life
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Last published Sat, Oct 15, 2016
Meet Andy Grey. A 22 year old Georgian tattoo artist who shares an apartment with her best friend. On October 23, she falls at the gas station while buying gum and milk. Going to the hospital in the back of an ambulance was not on her to-do list that day.
Introducing, Lempeä. A Finnish 18 year old who moved to America to get away from her abusive family. She's in college to become a music teacher. Being roommates with a somewhat insensitive person, the emotional adolescent is learning to cope with the Western world's ways when tragedy strikes her free flying heart.
In this novel, we will learn what it's like to have death stare you in the face, learn English with a Finnish eighteen year old, and find love. Life isn't always going to treat you like a queen, whether you are one or not. I'm pretty sure, dear reader, you already know that opposites attract. Allow me to show you exactly what that means as we follow the tragic story of two best friends who fall into the nagging hands of joy and sadness in How To Save A Life.
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