Violet, an aspiring writer, struggles with her grief after losing her sister to a drunk driving accident - one that she survived. Though a terrifying opening, the book takes readers on the journey of Violet and Finch as they find love while enduring their own personal conflicts. It is there when he meets Violet Markey on the same ledge contemplating taking a leap herself. The story opens with a 12th grader named Theodore Finch standing on the ledge of his school’s bell tower, six stories up, seemingly preparing to jump to his death. The book was released in 2015 and recently adapted into a Netflix feature film set to premiere Feb. Those haunting words make up the first sentence in Jennifer Niven’s New York Times best-selling novel All the Bright Places, her first offering in the realm of young adult fiction.
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