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Analysis Of Love, Aubrey, By Suzanne Lafleur

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Love, Aubrey

Love, Aubrey shows us that we will always need other people.

Love, Aubrey is a novel written by Suzanne LaFleur that shows us that we will always need other people

no matter how brave or strong we are on the inside and outside. The story Love, Aubrey is about an

eleven-year- old girl named Aubrey who is forced to make changes to her life after surviving a car crash

that killed her sister and dad. After that she was abandoned by her mother. Aubrey started a new family

by buying a ‘Betta’ fish. After a week Aubrey’s grandma found her and took her to her home while

arranging people to look for Aubrey's mother. Aubrey started a new school and made new friends. She

wrote letters to her dead sister, dad and her sisters imaginary friend. Christmas came and everyone but

Aubrey's mum came over to Aubrey’s grandma’s house. A couple days later when everyone was gone

Aubrey’s mum turned up and told Aubrey that she didn’t come because some days are too hard

especially when they are a special day and everyone is around. Later when Aubrey's mum was better she

returned to her home leaving Aubrey with her Grandma. Aubrey now has to make the biggest choice

ever- if she will stay with her Grandma and friends or move back with her mum.

The story supports how people need each other to cope with grief. For example, Gram was able to help

Aubrey cope with her grief by forcing her move forward in life. Gram did this by getting her to do chore,

start a new school, playing with other people and spending time outside. Another example is that Lissie

ran away because she was struggling to cope with the grief after gram left.

Secondly the story supports why we need other people to love us and for us to love. Without gram loving

Aubrey she may have never moved forward and Lissie came back to get Aubrey and see her again.

We need other people in our life to help us cope with grief.

Gram was able to support and help Aubrey cope with the fact now her mother has left her and her dad

and sister are dead. Aubrey was able to support Gram for the same thing- missing daughter and her dead

granddaughter and son-in- law.

“But then I realized I had other things.”

“Like what?”

“I had many other people

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