Never in one place long enough to make friends or put down roots, Colie doesn't expect her trip to the North Carolina coast to change a thing. Always the outcast, she's resigned to a holiday with only her eccentric aunt Mira for company. But when she finds a job waitressing at the Last Chance cafe, she also finds acceptance, new friends, and the beginnings of romance...
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'Dessen is an absolutely wonderful writer - stylish, smart and funny.' Booklist 'Dessen has done it again with this charming novel... This wonderful coming-of-age love story will be enthusiastically shared by many high school teens.' Voya 'A story heaped with crackling dialogue and sharp humour.' School Library Journal 'Readers are shown "ya-ya" type friendships are a balm to protect young women while they're kissing toads they thought were princes. Teens will just want to cheer when Colie realises that she has always had within what people were looking for externally.' School Library Journal 'Young American writer Dessen has a wit, humour and love of human eccentricity reminiscent of Anne Tyler ... 'Last Chance' is too rich and varied tobe labelled an 'issues' novel. Dessen reveals herself as the real thing: a sharp, warm and funny writer who shapes her world from the stuff of real life. Highly recommended for - well, everyone.' -- Times Educational Supplement 20020719
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Sarah Dessen is in her early 30s. She graduated from the University of North Carolina with highest honours in creative writing, and she now teaches there. She has written five books to date, published by Viking in the US. Her books have all been chosen as ALA Best Books for Young Adults.
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I've been writing, in one way or another, for as long as I can remember. I was always a big reader, mostly because my parents were. I used to get frustrated with my mom because she bought me books for Christmas when what I really wanted were the gifts my friends got, things like sweaters and jewelry. But I did love to read. When I was eight or nine my parents gave me an old manual typewriter and a little desk in the corner of our den, and I'd sit there and type up my stories. I was the kind of kid that people always sighed over and said, "She has such a wild imagination," which usually meant "I wish Sarah would try to stick to the truth." I have a tendency to embellish: I think it's just a weakness of fiction writers. Once you learn how to make a story better, it's hard not to do it all the time."The books I read when I was teenager, the good ones anyway, have stuck more in my mind than anything since. I still love books, but while I couldn't tell you complete plots of novels I read even six months ago, I do remember even the smallest descriptive details from Lois Lowry's A Summer to Die or Judy Blume's Are You There God? It's Me, Margaret. I think it was because back then books were still somewhat new to me, and when I found an author who seemed to say just what I was feeling, it really struck me and resonated. I hope that my books do that for the people who read them: I think it's the best thing to which any writer can aspire. "As far as my other life, my non-writing life, I live in the country with my husband, some lizards, and two dogs who are completely spoiled and rule me completely. I like to work in my garden---although I have not yet perfected the art of keeping everything alive----and, in my weaker moments, shop. I have a bit of an addiction to the Gap clearance rack, to be honest. I have this strange need to buy huge quantities of black pants. How many pairs of black pants does one person need? (Obviously for me, the answer is 11 and counting. But I digress.) What else can I tell you? I love Starbucks mochas but they make me way hyper. I subscribe to too many magazines. I make a mean bean salad. I could go on, but the truth is, my books are much more exciting than I am, and that's a good thing. It's always more fun to make stuff up anyway."
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Just to alert anyone who plans to read Dessen's novels, this was also published as Keeping the Moon. Lucky for me, I was borrowing them from the library when I made this discovery and didn't have to return a book. Great story though!
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Just so you guys know this story is the exact same one as Keeping the moon and its about a young girl who steps into her skin and steps out the shadows of her very famous mother who has empowered women to get fit.
I recently wrote a review about this as keeping the moon check it out.
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What a rip-off! I'm sure that it is illegal to publish a book "Last Chance" and also publish the SAME read "Keeping the Moon", yet it's the SAME BOOK! I know Sarah Dessen is getting over beating the consumers out of their money, but who have money to throw away, purchasing the same Damn book! This is BAD BAD BAD business!
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