Lucy

ALT 50 Reasons to Live by Emyr Payne available to preorder now from @barnardpublishing, releasing 22 September 2026! Preorders close 16 August In sixteen-year-old Jason Stone’s world, there is death, self-harm and infidelity, but there are also 50 reasons to live. His girlfriend Lucy commits suicide and leaves him a collection of letters. In these letters he finds out why she died and why he should survive. Through Jason’s diary entries spanning the summer of 2023, he gives us a different reason to live each day. A story of loss and hope, 50 Reasons to Live is a call to arms for anyone who is struggling and looking for a reason to go on. ‘Jason starts reading a stack of letters she wrote to him. In them, he finds 1 reason to die and 50 reasons to live.’

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