Aimee
Subtitle: a novel
By: by Mary Beth Miller
Publisher: Speak
Published: 2004
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 276
ISBN-13: 9780142400258
Subjects: Suicide; Suicidal behavior; Teenagers; Fiction; Child abuse; Best friends; Mothers and daughters; Friendship
Description: After she is accused of playing a role in her best friend's death, a young woman battles depression, anger, guilt, loneliness, and the problems of her own family as well as those of the families of her old friends. Aimee's dead, and everyone believes that her best friend helped her commit suicide. After Aimee dies, after the trial, after the move to the new town, she's completely alone-paralyzed by the loneliness, guilt and anger at everyone's suppression of the truth.  Isolated, she writes in her journal, and gradually lets readers into her world; a world where parents don't listen, therapists don't help, and best friends betray you. In the end, she realizes that while she never could have saved Aimee, she might be able to save herself.