AfterWords
… a little more …
When a delightful concert comes to an end,
the orchestra might offer an encore.
When a fine meal comes to an end,
it’s always nice to savor a bit of dessert.
When a great story comes to an end,
we think you may want to linger.
And so, we offer …
AfterWords—just a little something more after you
have finished a David C Cook novel.
We invite you to stay awhile in the story.
Thanks for reading!
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• Three Recommended Playlists
• Behind the Book: Sixteen Candles
• A Snapshot
TEMPTATION PLAYLIST
#1 For the Walkman
1. “Elegia” by New Order
2. “New Gold Dream (81-82-83-84)” by Simple Minds
3. “Stop Me If You Think You’ve Heard This One Before” by The Smiths
4. “A Night Like This” by The Cure
5. “Behind the Wheel” by Depeche Mode
6. “Tonight Is Forever” by Pet Shop Boys
7. “Don’t You (Forget About Me)” by Simple Minds
8. “Pretty in Pink” by The Psychedelic Furs
9. “Broken” by Tears for Fears
10. “Summertime Rolls” by Jane’s Addiction
11. “Those Eyes, That Mouth” by Cocteau Twins
12. “Under the Milky Way” by The Church
13. “Lovesong” by The Cure
14. “Let’s Go Crazy” by Prince
15. “Shadowplay” by Joy Division
16. “Slave to Love” by Bryan Ferry & Roxy Music
17. “Wrapped Around Your Finger” by The Police
18. “Doctor! Doctor!” by Thompson Twins
19. “My Foolish Friend” by Talk Talk
20. “The Chauffeur” by Duran Duran
21. “Listen” by Tears for Fears
22. “Temptation” by New Order
TEMPTATION PLAYLIST
#2 For the iPod
1. “Made For You” by OneRepublic
2. “Miracle Cure (Onetwo Remix)” by Blank & Jones
3. “Young Blood” by The Naked and Famous
4. “You Got to Go” by Above & Beyond
5. “Hellbent” by New Order
6. “Rolling in the Deep” by Adele
7. “From the Outside” by Editors
8. “City Lights” by Cause and Effect
9. “Forever Young (Hamel Album Mix)” by Alphaville
10. “Harder to Breathe” by Maroon 5
11. “These Changes” by Bad Lieutenant
12. “Wonderful Life” by Hurts
13. “Midnight City” by M83
14. “Alone” by Editors
15. “Talking to the Moon” by Bruno Mars
16. “Mirrorage” by Glasser
17. “Lilian” by Depeche Mode
18. “Set Fire to the Rain” by Adele
19. “Only a Few Things” by Above & Beyond
20. “Jigsaw Falling into Place” by Radiohead
21. “Temptation” by Moby
TEMPTATION PLAYLIST
#3 For the Movie
1. “Filmic” by Above & Beyond
2. “The Dream Is Always the Same” by Tangerine Dream (from Risky Business soundtrack)
3. “The Broken Places” by Moby
4. “Capricorn Rising” by Mike Simonetti
5. “Early Phone Call” by Thomas Newman (from unreleased Less Than Zero score)
6. “Startmusic (Mix)” by Johan Söderqvist (from Earth Made of Glass soundtrack)
7. “Sun in Your Eyes” by Above & Beyond
8. “Demons in the Dark” by David Julyan (from Heartless soundtrack)
9. “Breathturn” by Hammock
10. “Guido the Killer Pimp” by Tangerine Dream (from Risky Business soundtrack)
11. “In a Closet” by Thomas Newman (from Welcome Home, Roxy Carmichael soundtrack)
12. “Formula of Fear (Armchair Instrumental)” by Hybrid
13. “Lana” by Tangerine Dream (from Risky Business soundtrack)
14. “Julian on the Stairs” by Thomas Newman (from unreleased Less Than Zero score)
15. “The Photos (Mix)” by Johan Söderqvist (from Earth Made of Glass soundtrack)
16. “Murder” by New Order
17. “It’s Ten O’Clock” by David Julyan (from Heartless soundtrack)
18. “Refrigerator Shrine” by Thomas Newman (from Welcome Home, Roxy Carmichael soundtrack)
19. “Sevastopol” by Moby
20. “In Odense …” by Ulrich Schnauss & Jonas Munk
21. “Turn Together, Burn Together” by Robin Guthrie
22. “Julian’s Dead” by Thomas Newman (from unreleased Less Than Zero score)
23. “Love on a Real Train (Risky Business)” by Tangerine Dream (from Risky Business soundtrack)
Behind the Book: Sixteen Candles
Music matters. And teens know this.
Sometimes a song can speak for you. It says things you’d never dream of saying. It sums up how you feel. It sums up you.
Someone else can sing your sadness.
Someone else can come up with symphonies.
You don’t know what’s out there but you think you have ideas.
The songs spell it out with their suffering and their swelling hearts and their majestic lyrics.
You feel the despair of The Smiths.
You feel the fear of The Cure.
You feel the joy of New Order.
You feel the passion of Depeche Mode.
You feel things you’ve never felt before because you’re growing up and your body is changing and your life is changing and you are absolutely terrified but trying to play it cool just like the music.
You are living in a decade called the eighties, and you have no idea how much things will change after that.
To you, sixteen is eternal.
To you, sixteen is epic.
A teen opens his eyes wide and takes it all in. It’s only after enough years and enough broken dreams that he starts to shut them and drown out the songs.
The songs remind him of all the failed ambitions. Of all the lost loves. Of all those naive things that a teen can only think and dream and believe.
So many grow up and get busy and sometimes the music fades away.
You blink and find yourself forty years old.
But you are still a teen at heart.
The songs still matter.
And you still wake up and go to bed with your eyes wide open. Still dreaming in the good and refusing the bad.
You still find your heart swelling with these songs, these symphonies, these sweet melodies.
They will always—always—be a part of you.
They will always be remembered.
This eleventh grader wanted—no, he needed—a change of scenery. A big change. And boy did he get it. In the middle of his school year, he ended up moving. Not just to another city, but to another culture. The Windy City was calling his name, and he tried to never look back. But sometimes looking back allows the imagination to roam free.
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