This book is a work of fiction. Any references to historical events, real people, or real places are used fictitiously. Other names, characters, places, and events are products of the author’s imagination, and any resemblance to actual events or places or persons, living or dead, is entirely coincidental.
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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Caletti, Deb.
The last forever / Deb Caletti. — First Simon Pulse hardcover edition.
p. cm.
Summary: After her mother’s death, it’s all Tessa can do to keep her friends, her boyfriend, her happiness from slipping away. Even the rare plant her mother entrusted to her care starts to wilt. Then she meets Henry. Though secrets stand between them, each has a chance at healing . . . if first, Tessa can find the courage to believe in forever.
ISBN 978-1-4424-5000-4
[1. Grief—Fiction. 2. Death—Fiction. 3. Friendship—Fiction. 4. Love—Fiction.] I. Title.
PZ7.C127437Las 2014 [Fic]—dc23 2013031010
ISBN 978-1-4424-5001-1 (eBook)