In The Last Girl Lied To, readers only see Trixie
through the eyes of others, especially Fiona. There seems to be little to
admire in the girl who went missing after a party and who apparently killed
herself: Trixie betrayed one best friend after another and was unkind to her
devoted father. But if Fiona is right, she also faked her suicide and just
walked away from the mess she created.
Fiona’s present-tense narration is interspersed with frequent
recollections of Trixie that gradually reveal what led up to her possible
death. Fiona, almost incapable of making decisions for herself, drifts from one
controlling friend to another, never quite realizing a relationship with Beau,
her emotionally troubled soul mate. Her infatuation with Trixie motivates her
to search for evidence that she isn’t dead, while Jasper, another domineering
figure, insinuates himself into her life.
Much of the treachery among this group of older high school
students takes place at alcohol-drenched parties as the cast of white teens
fall in and out of love, behave badly, suffer emotional whiplash, and then,
eventually, move neatly on.
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| Laurie |
A page-turner of love
and passion that features a slew of unadmirable
characters. (Fiction for ages 14-18)
Note: along with Erin O’Connor, senior editor at Scholastic Books,
Laurie will be my guest speaker at one of the two Writing for Children and for Young Adults workshops I'm leading: Sunday, May 5, in
Toronto and Saturday, May 12, in Brampton. Details here.
~Brian
Also: You’re invited to Laurie’s launch party for
Last Girl Lied To on April 28 in London, Ontario (details here).
But if you miss that and don’t pick up a copy at her workshop with me,
you can buy a The Last Girl Lied To online
from Amazon.ca here,
from Chapters here, and in bookstores everywhere.
See my full schedule here, including Saturday writing workshops,
weekly writing classes, and weekend retreats in Algonquin
Park, Alliston, Bolton, Barrie, Brampton, Burlington, Caledon, Collingwood,
Georgetown, Georgina, Guelph, Hamilton, Jackson’s Point, Kitchener-Waterloo,
London, Midland, Mississauga, New Tecumseth, Oakville, Ottawa, Peterborough,
St. Catharines, Sudbury, Toronto, Windsor, Woodstock, Halton, Muskoka, Peel,
Simcoe, York Region, the GTA, Ontario and beyond.
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