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Imagine a world in which you never have to say goodbye. A world in which you can talk to your loved ones after they've gone - About the trivial things you used to share About the things you wish you'd said while you still had the chance About how hard it is to adjust to life without them. When Sam Elling invents a computer programme that enables his girlfriend Meredith to do just this, nothing can prepare them for the success and the complications that follow. For every person who wants to say goodbye, there is someone else who can't let go. And when tragedy strikes, they have to find out whether goodbye has to be for ever. Or whether love can take on a life of its own ...
Is Goodbye for Now appropriate for my child?
Suitable for most readers 13 and up.
A gentle contemporary story about using technology to cope with loss. Contains themes of death and grief but handles them thoughtfully with emotional depth rather than graphic content.
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This book has no graphic violence, mild sexual content, and mild language. Content notes include death, death of parent, and grief.
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Who'll love this
Readers will connect with the emotional journey of characters learning to say goodbye while exploring how technology impacts relationships.