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The Beginner's Guide to Living

(2010)
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Seven days after his mother dies in a sudden, senseless accident, seventeen-year-old Will embarks on a search for meaning that leads him to the great philosophers--Plato, Seneca, Kierkegaard, Nietzsche--and to Taryn, the beautiful girl he meets at his mother's wake. Will is desperate to find, however he can, something authentic, something ultimate, something so true he would live or die for it. But is he willing to risk losing Taryn--losing everything--to seek the answers he craves?


Genre: Young Adult Fiction

Praise for this book

"I was deeply moved by Will's story... Lia Hills is a strong new voice and I, for one, will be looking out for her next book." - James Moloney


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