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| ISBN: | 0525426361 (ISBN13: 9780525426363) |
| Edition Language: | English |
| Literary Awards: | Goodreads Choice Award for Memoir & Autobiography (2014) |
Esther Earl
Hardcover | Pages: 431 pages Rating: 4.17 | 15138 Users | 2055 Reviews
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| Title | : | This Star Won't Go Out: The Life and Words of Esther Grace Earl |
| Author | : | Esther Earl |
| Book Format | : | Hardcover |
| Book Edition | : | Special Edition |
| Pages | : | Pages: 431 pages |
| Published | : | January 28th 2014 by Dutton Books for Young Readers |
| Categories | : | Nonfiction. Autobiography. Memoir. Biography. Biography Memoir. Young Adult. Teen. Contemporary |
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A collection of the journals, fiction, letters, and sketches of the late Esther Grace Earl, who passed away in 2010 at the age of 16. Photographs and essays by family and friends will help to tell Esther’s story along with an introduction by award-winning author John Green who dedicated his #1 bestselling novel The Fault in Our Stars to her.Rating Out Of Books This Star Won't Go Out: The Life and Words of Esther Grace Earl
Ratings: 4.17 From 15138 Users | 2055 ReviewsAssessment Out Of Books This Star Won't Go Out: The Life and Words of Esther Grace Earl
It feels weird to review this book. What Esther wrote she wrote for own eyes, it wasn't something she originally meant to have published. It wouldn't be right to critique her thoughts. In fact, I really enjoyed reading her thoughts. I will be mainly critiquing the organization and presentation of these thoughts as a book.People who will enjoy this book are: people who knew Esther either personally or through her online presence, people who want to see the connection between her and John Green's4.5 stars.Does having terminal illness somehow makes people stronger? I wonder a lot about this throughout the book. Having both my parents suffered cancer (specifically my mother who had the same trouble breathing without oxygen nasal cannula like Esther) and having so many friends in net world, I can relate to this book so much. Perhaps that's one of the reasons why I wanted to read this book, to remember my parents, to remember their suffering, so that I still remember to honor and respect
What can I say? Esther, your writing is wonderful, funny, sad, poignant, silly, and moreReading your words is like listening to you. Hearing your voice would be better, but having your words is good too. To your "I love you" I respond the way we did many nights as I tucked you into bed: "I love you more."
Prepare to shed some tears with this one. The story of Esther Grace Earl's too-short life is beautifully contained with these pages. There are journal entries, transcripts of some internet conversations, commentary from her parents and friends, drawings. What struck me as a reader is that Esther sounds like just an ordinary girl, musing about the things teenage girls think about coupled with some very deep thoughts about life or the loss of her life and what she has and possibly will miss out
As this is a non-fiction book that deals with a very serious topic, I don't want to write too much about it. I'm not in a position to judge Esther's life.All I can say is that she was an amazing and inspiring girl, something that gets very clear when you read her story.The book is lovely crafted, it definitely honours her in every way.I got through it very quickly and did shed some tears in the end.
It feels weird to review this book. What Esther wrote she wrote for own eyes, it wasn't something she originally meant to have published. It wouldn't be right to critique her thoughts. In fact, I really enjoyed reading her thoughts. I will be mainly critiquing the organization and presentation of these thoughts as a book.People who will enjoy this book are: people who knew Esther either personally or through her online presence, people who want to see the connection between her and John Green's
Dear Esther,I do not know you, and you certainly don't know me. I mean, I was born four years later than you were and during all our lives, we've been separated by miles and miles, even by borders. I wasn't part of Nerdfighteria when you were and I don't even know if I had a Facebook account when you were still alive, let alone a Youtube account. However, your story touched me so, so, so much. Life is unfair, we all know it. Some of us, like me, have been blessed enough to have a relatively easy
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