foreword

PREFACE

"WE SPEND MOST of our lives caught in an endless rat-race, chasing after this abstract and mystical conception of 'success'. But what happens to those who fall before they reach the end?

There is no aid, no one stops to lend a hand or to lift another up; because each of us are too fixated on our own path, consumed by our own greed.

Those that fall, we, are the aftermath and imperfections of the human race. We are the depressed and coined 'the mentally unstable.' But have they ever told you why? If they haven't, let me show you."

- SERENA WILSON

SYNOPSIS

"In which letters from a dead girl get delivered"

Three months ago, Serena Wilson was found dead in her bed— at just 17.

She had died of an overdose.

No one can quite believe nor understand why Serena did what she did. After all, Serena had practically everything most one could only dream of ; stable friendships, spectacular grades, anything a typical seventeen-year-old would've wanted.

Her friends struggle to come to terms with her suicide and are driven apart, each of them hurting in their own ways.

Three months after her suicide, letters from Serena start being delivered—

each to those who touched her heart.

DEDICATION

to my 13-year old self,

you don't need to change yourself to be accepted. i just wish you'd known that faster.

to those who just wished it would all end,

this is for you.

please know that the world is a better place with you in it.

TIMELINE

DRAFTING : AUG 2020 - NOV 2020

PUBLISHING : DEC 2020 - DEC 2021

DISCLAIMER & COPYRIGHT

This book is a work of fiction. Names, businesses, places, events and so on forth, are product of the author's imagination and/or is used in a fictitious manner. Any resemblance to the living or dead is purely coincidental.

DISCLAIMER, this story touches on several triggering themes notably ;

-sucide

-eating disorders

-sexual assault

-bullying

-asshole of characters with ✨character development✨moving on,

Reader discretion is advised.

I'd also like to put out that I'm not glorifying suicide at all, nor any other mental illnesses that are mentioned in this book.

Contrary to that, I'm actually trying to bring awareness to the subject. however, if you feel as though I've misrepresented any of them in any way, shape or form, please do mention it to me personally.

resources : https://www.iasp.info/resources/Crisis_Centres/

(I've tried to find an international source for all readers :) )

my doors are always open if you need help.

you are loved, always <3

©️2020 everrestars, all rights reserved

AUTHOR'S NOTE :

hi! firstly, thank you beautiful human for choosing to read this book. letters from serena is something close to my heart, and is my 'baby' seeing as it's the first book i didn't give up on halfway through writing.

I'd just to warn you to proceed ahead with caution and discretion as this books deals with many 'dark' matters ( i.e suicide, depression, eating disorders, and more similar topics ) and with that being said, this is not a love story with a happy ending. It's more of people left in the aftermath of a person's decision, having to face the countless why questions but eventually realising that not all of the bad things have to stay bad.

This is the story of how one girl's suicide drove her friends apart but how her letters brought them together again.

This is the story of hope and prayers. And how sometimes, we can't take back the decisions and actions we've made but how we can change the way we think from that point on and grow.

With nothing else to say except enjoy xx

iIpresent to you,

letters from serena