Maybe, Leila, decides, most people have a hard time figuring out which way is left or knowing when to let go and when to stay Book Details Maybe she'll never know why Rebecca did what she did. Maybe letting Eamon love her back is a mistake. And yet, the months go by and Leila turns seventeen and learns that you can love someone you are not dating. He thinks Leila is beautiful and smart, but he does not, he tells her, date teenagers. Eamon is thirty-one and writes for television. With Clare's reluctant help, Leila tracks down Rebecca's favorite places and tries to find her sister's friends. She starts by spending time with Clare and finally comes to know her as a person instead of a story. When Rebecca kills herself, Leila wants to know why. Leila doesn't know either of them very well, but she loves hearing about them-details of Rebecca's ruined marriage, Clare's first job, and the strings of unsuitable boyfriends. Her elegant sisters from her father's first marriage have lives full of work, love affairs, and travel. Sixteen-year-old Leila Abranel was born some twenty years after her sisters. My heartbeat by Garret Freymann-Weyr, Garret Weyr, Garret Freymann-Weyr, December 2003, Tandem Library edition, School & Library Binding in English.
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