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Book Review of Dear Zoe

Dear Zoe
Dear Zoe
Author: Philip Beard
Genre: Literature & Fiction
Book Type: Paperback
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This is an excellent story about a teen-ager who grieves for her sister. Little Zoe is killed on 9/11 by an automobile when she runs into the street. While the rest of the world mourns 9/11, Tess and her family mourn Zoe. Tears, bouts of sadness, growing up events and family experiences blend to make a whole. Beard writes the story in the form of letters that Tess writes to Zoe. An entire year passes as Tess learns to cope with her grief. She feels responsible because she was supposed to be watching Zoe so she moves in with her dad who is divorced from her mother. She gets to know her dad, has her first boyfriend, first sexual experience, first job, and first taste of weed. It's sensitive, realistic and emtional - the story not just of Tess coping with grief but of how her family finally comes together to deal with Zoe's death.