After a lifetime of being bullied, Daelyn is broken beyond repair. She has tried to kill herself before, and is determined to get it right this time. Though her parents think they can protect her, she finds a Web site for "completers" that seems made just for her. She blogs on its forums, purging he
By the Time You Read This
β Scribed by Giles Blunt
- Publisher
- Random House of Canada
- Year
- 2006;2005
- Tongue
- en-US
- Weight
- 186 KB
- Category
- Fiction
- ISBN
- 0307368521
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β¦ Synopsis
The Planet Grief. An incalculable number of light years from the warmth of the sun. When the rain falls, it falls in droplets of grief, and when the light shines, it is in waves and particles of grief. From whatever direction the wind blows--south, east, north or west-- it blows cinders of grief before it. Grief stings your eyes and sucks the breath from your lungs. No oxygen on this planet, no nitrogen; the atmosphere is composed entirely of grief.[By the Time You Read This , page 37]
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