The Things You Kiss Goodbye

Name: The Things You Kiss Goodbye
Rating: 4.800000190734863 (25 reviews)

Leslie Connor

Jun 2014 · Sold by Harper Collins

4.8

25 reviews

Ebook

368

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Eligible

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About this ebook

Fans of Sarah Dessen will love this heartbreaking story about family, loss, and the joys and disappointments of first love.

Bettina Vasilis can hardly believe it when star basketball player Brady Cullen convinces her strict father to let them date. That summer, Bettina falls in love with Brady and the freedom that comes along with him. But when school starts up again, Brady unexpectedly changes for the worse. Unable to give up on her first love just yet, she finds herself trapped in an abusive relationship.

Then she meets "Cowboy," a smoldering older guy and the last guy her father would approve. Yet he is everything Brady is not—gentle, caring, and interested in getting to know the real Bettina. When tragedy strikes, Bettina must tell her family the truth—and kiss goodbye the things she thought she knew about herself and the men in her life.

Ratings and reviews

4.8

25 reviews

Jolee Cosper

January 7, 2017

I didn't want to put my phone down, I love it. Even though it brought tears to my eyes

1 person found this review helpful

Keshena Jones

August 22, 2014

The only reason I didn't rate it 5 stars is because I wanted a happy ending. Lol

1 person found this review helpful

Amanda Placek

August 6, 2016

but I hate how it ended, cowboy shouldn't have died like that. that was too much. but thank you for the read

3 people found this review helpful

About the author

Leslie Connor is the author of several award-winning books for children, including two ALA Schneider Family Book Award winners, Waiting for Normal and The Truth as Told by Mason Buttle, which was also selected as a National Book Award finalist. Her other books include All Rise for the Honorable Perry T. Cook, Crunch, and The Things You Kiss Goodbye. She lives in the Connecticut woods with her family and three rescue dogs. You can visit her online at www.leslieconnor.com.

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