The Goodbye Girls

Description

The students at Lizzie's high school are notoriously terrible at breakups. Forget awkward conversations--they're dumping each other via text. Inspired by the terrible breakups around her, sixteen-year-old Lizzie, strapped for cash and itching to go on the school's band trip to NYC, teams up with her best friend, Willa, to create a genius business: personalized gift baskets--breakup baskets--sent from dumper to dumpee. The Goodbye Girls operate in secret, and business is booming. But it's not long before someone begins sabotaging The Goodbye Girls, sending impossibly cruel baskets to seemingly random targets, undermining everything Lizzie and Willa have built and jeopardizing their anonymity. Soon family, friendship, and a budding romance are on the line. Will Lizzie end up saying goodbye to the business for good?

Lisa Harrington's novels include 2018's The Goodbye Girls, Twisted, shortlisted for the Canadian Library Association's YA Book of the year, Live to Tell, winner of the White Pine, Ann Connor Brimer, and SYRCA Snow Willow Awards, and Rattled, published in 2010 to critical praise. Her work has also appeared in A Maritime Christmas. Lisa lives in Halifax with her family and puppy, Hermione. Visit Lisa online at lisaharrington.ca.

The author offers a nuanced perspective on teen angst and relationships. A first buy for all high school library shelves. This book has much to offer to a wide audience. --School Library Journal Reviews The strength of The Goodbye Girls is really its portrayal of friendship. This is a true gal pal story where the two main characters feel like real best friends. --Canadian Materials Magazine (Winnipeg, MB) There's a lot to say about The Goodbye Girls. It's topical, doesn't take any easy outs, and it's a fast unsentimental read--whether you're in high school or just remember it well. --Quill and Quire (Toronto, ON)