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Laura
Oct 30, 2011 rated it it was ok
I really wanted to like this book, but it really felt as though the author was writing with a Message, rather than letting the whole Death with Dignity motif happen organically.

Lily is a relatively normal teen, albeit one with no friends. Why? Because when her father died and her mother's MS got worse, she pulled away from her friends and they her. So now Mom's getting worse and Lily has few people in whom she can confide. At the age of 16, she's been working (illegally) as a vet, following her
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Liz
Sep 22, 2025 marked it as did-not-finish
I picked this up back when I still had a book blog and am now trying to slowly work my way through the books I didn't read in those days. I had picked it up because I thought the premise regarding what is now called Medical Aid in Dying (not sure if it was called that when the book was written) was interesting. You can read a little more on it here.
https://compassionandchoices.org/stat...

Something about the dialog and writing in this book just felt a little awkward. It didn't strike me as quite
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Lisa
Mar 21, 2015 marked it as to-read