The Last Wish List - by Jacqueline Silvester (Paperback)

Book Synopsis

Dash & Lily meets P.S. I Love You in a life-affirming rom-com about seizing your chance and learning to love.

'Achingly beautiful. I giggled, I sobbed and I swooned' Lynn Painter?

'A beautiful, buoyant roadmap to the heart'Jandy Nelson

When Nadia's best friend Lizzy dies, she leaves her last wish list - 16 wild and random things to do to help her get over her grief. Every item on the list feels impossible without Lizzy, especially finding a way to meet their favourite megastar.Nadia's quest takes her to America where, grieving and alone, she meets Fran, a boy with a big heart and an empty home. Setting out on the road trip of a lifetime along Route 66, the two make an odd couple. But with fate having thrown them together can they help each other find what they're looking for?

A beautiful, swooning debut following the road trip of a lifetime for fans of You've Reached Sam, Girl in Pieces and John Green, exploring friendship, grief, freedom, and the rush of first love.

Praise for The Last Wish List:

'The Last Wish List is a beautiful, buoyant roadmap to the heart. I fell in love, cried my heart out, and swooned over Jacqueline Silvester's gorgeous prose, and afterward I felt ready to take on the world' Jennifer Niven, bestselling author of All the Bright Places

'Joyful, tender, and achingly romanic, this is a love letter to all the fearless, hopeful, starry-eyed teenage dreamers' Simon James Green, bestselling author of This Book is Gay

'A joyous, swoony road trip that tackles grief, healing and new hope' Wren James, award-winning author of Last Seen Online

'A genuine, compassionate, and deeply-felt exploration of grief and healing. Silvester writes with an open heart about the pain of loss and about the long, sun-drenched, and unexpected road we sometimes have to take to find our way back to hope.' Cecilia Vinesse, author of Seven Days of You

'Heartbreaking and uplifting in equal measure, a beautiful story of friendship, loss and healing.' Amy McCaw, author of Mina and the Undead

Review Quotes

'Achingly beautiful'--Lynn Painter

'The Last Wish List is a beautiful, buoyant roadmap to the heart. I fell in love, cried my heart out, and swooned over Jacqueline Silvester's gorgeous prose, and afterward I felt ready to take on the world'--Jennifer Niven, bestselling author of All the Bright Places

'A genuine, compassionate, and deeply-felt exploration of grief and healing. Silvester writes with an open heart about the pain of loss and about the long, sun-drenched, and unexpected road we sometimes have to take to find our way back to hope.' --Cecilia Vinesse, author of Seven Days of You

'A joyous, swoony road trip that tackles grief, healing and new hope.' --Wren James, award-winning author of Last Seen Online

'Heartbreaking and uplifting in equal measure, a beautiful story of friendship, loss and healing.'--Amy McCaw, author of Mina and the Undead

'Joyful, tender, and achingly romanic, this is a love letter to all the fearless, hopeful, starry-eyed teenage dreamers.' --Simon James Green, bestselling author of This Book is Gay