Althea E Oliver
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Althea & Oliver
What if you live for the moment when life goes off the rails—and then one day there’s no one left to help you get it back on track? Althea Carter and Oliver McKinley have been best friends since they were six; she’s the fist-fighting instigator to his peacemaker, the artist whose vision balances his scientific bent. Now, as their junior year of high school comes to a close, Althea has begun to want something more than just best-friendship. Oliver, for his part, simply wants life to go back to normal, but when he wakes up one morning with no memory of the past three weeks, he can’t deny any longer that something is seriously wrong with him. And then Althea makes the worst bad decision ever, and her relationship with Oliver is shattered. He leaves town for a clinical study in New York, resolving to repair whatever is broken in his brain, while she gets into her battered Camry and drives up the coast after him, determined to make up for what she’s done. Their journey will take them from the rooftops, keg parties, and all-ages shows of their North Carolina hometown to the pool halls, punk houses, and hospitals of New York City before they once more stand together and face their chances. Set in the DIY, mix tape, and zine culture of the mid-1990s, Cristina Moracho’s whip-smart debut is an achingly real story about identity, illness, and love—and why bad decisions sometimes feel so good.
Althea e Oliver
Author: Christina Moracho
language: it
Publisher: De Agostini
Release Date: 2014-10-14T00:00:00+02:00
Amici per la pelle finché l’amore complica tutto. Althea e Oliver si conoscono da sempre: non solo abitano a pochi passi l’uno dall’altra, ma sono amici per la pelle fin dal primo giorno di scuola. Ora, a diciassette anni, la loro amicizia potrebbe trasformarsi in qualcosa di più, e Althea lo sa. Così una sera, dopo una festa e qualche birra di troppo, sorprende Oliver con un bacio pieno di passione. Ma, prima che i due abbiano il tempo di chiarirsi, succede qualcosa di inaspettato: Oliver è colpito da una malattia rarissima e cade in un prolungato stato di semi-coscienza. Quando si risveglia, diverse settimane dopo, non ricorda nulla di quanto è accaduto. Disperata, Althea prende la peggiore decisione possibile. L’unica che potrebbe compromettere irrimediabilmente il suo legame con Oliver. Quando il ragazzo lascia la città senza spiegazioni, Althea non può far altro che partire per mettersi alla ricerca del suo migliore amico. E ritrovare così anche se stessa. “Un romanzo incredibilmente intelligente che descrive alla perfezione le insicurezze e le passioni dell’adolescenza” - Booklist
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