This Star Won't Go Out: The Life and Words of Esther Grace Earl

ISBN: 0525426361

Author: Earl, Esther

Condition: New

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER Experience a young girls remarkable life in a moving, beautifully crafted narrative.This moving read will have you reaching for the tissues and smiling with delight.-PeopleDiagnosed with thyroid cancer at age twelve, Esther (Persian for Star) Earl was an exceptionally bright and talented-but very normal-teenager. She lived a hope-filled and generous, outwardly focused life as she navigated her physical decline with grace. A cheerful, positive, and encouraging daughter, sister, and friend, Esther died in 2010, shortly after turning sixteen, but not before inspiring thousands through her growing online presence.This unique memoir collects Esthers journals, essays, letters, sketches, and photographs by family and friends to help tell Esthers moving story along with an introduction by award-winning author John Green who dedicated his #1 bestselling novel The Fault in Our Stars to her.