Not in the Script by Amy Finnegan6/11/2023 ![]() How can she fall in love and be happy when Lucas never got the chance to do those very same things? With her brother’s dying words as guidance, Oakley knows she must learn to listen and trust again. As she lets him in, she is surprised by how much she cares for him, and that’s when things get complicated. But then a surfer named Carson comes into her life, and Oakley is blindsided. As Oakley reads one each day, she realizes how much he loved her, and each letter challenges her to be better and to continue to enjoy her life. Once they’re settled, Mom hands her a notebook full of letters addressed to herfrom Lucas. In California, Oakley discovers a sort of safety and freedom in Aunt Jo’s beach house. When Mom suggests they spend a few months in California with Aunt Jo, Oakley isn’t sure a change of scenery will alter anything, but she’s willing to give it a try. Between her parents’ arguing and the battle she’s fighting with depression, she feels nothing inside but a hollow emptiness. When Oakley Nelson loses her older brother, Lucas, to cancer, she thinks she’ll never recover. ![]() A 2015 Whitney Award Nominee! A powerful story of loss, second chances, and first love, reminiscent of Sarah Dessen and John Green. ![]()
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