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'''Macy Queen''' - Macy is the main character of this tale. Running with her father was the main part of her happy days. Unfortunately, |
'''Macy Queen''' - Macy is the main character of this tale. Running with her father was the main part of her happy days. Unfortunately, her father's fatal heart attack was the end of her running life, however, after meeting Wes, and the wish catering crew, she learns to run again. |
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'''Deborah Queen''' - Deborah is the mother of Macy and her sister Caroline. She is a real estate agent who is still mourning the death of her husband, forgetting her daughters. |
'''Deborah Queen''' - Deborah is the mother of Macy and her sister Caroline. She is a real estate agent who is still mourning the death of her husband, forgetting her daughters. |
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Revision as of 23:34, 4 February 2008
The Truth About Forever is Sarah Dessen's sixth novel. It was published in hardcover on May 11, 2004 and in paperback on April 6, 2006.
The Truth About Forever is a novel by Sarah Dessen, which depicts the different aspects of Macy Queen, an 17 year old girl with a sad past, and her life. She meets a dark, handsome, mysterious boy named Wes one day, while Wish Catering was at her house (for her mother's get-together). They end up playing a game called Truth, in which, everything that the other asks; must be answered truthfully. The two of them fall in love through the course of the book. Throughout the novel, Macy meets Kristy, who is wild and energetic, Monica (monotone) who is Kristy's slow and quiet sister, and Bert, Wes's younger brother, who is odd to say the least. Macy struggles with her relationship with her mom but gradually strengthens it with the help of her older, artsy sister.
Characters
Macy Queen - Macy is the main character of this tale. Running with her father was the main part of her happy days. Unfortunately, her father's fatal heart attack was the end of her running life, however, after meeting Wes, and the wish catering crew, she learns to run again.
Deborah Queen - Deborah is the mother of Macy and her sister Caroline. She is a real estate agent who is still mourning the death of her husband, forgetting her daughters.
Jason Talbot - Macy's brainy boyfriend. His perfection is the addetive to Macy's life. He exceeds in academics, and other areas. While away at his ever so dull brain camp, Macy's life was paused as well as her relationship with Jason.
Caroline - Macy's sister who used to be the trouble-maker of the house, sneaking out at all hours, in her younger days and now married to a man ten years her senior. Macy describes her as the emotion of the family. She tries to heal her mother through enforced plans for her dead father's wooden house by the sea.
Delia - Delia is a pregnant mother who inherited Wish Catering after her sister passed away. She likes a little bit of disorganization now, thinking that some things are meant to be the way they are, even when they are broken, imperfect or chaotic as it's the universe's way of providing contrast. Examples being how she will not fill the huge hole in their street, let Pete, her husband, trade her van whose A/C does not work when the radio is on or hire and extra partner to help her with catering after 'Wish' died. 'Wish' being the nickname of her sister, Melissa. She plays a motherly role to the teenagers working under her; Wes, Bert, Kristy, Monica, and Macy. Her mantra when under stress or in a chaotic situation is, 'Please God I'm begging you'.
Kristy - Kristy is one of the servers for Wish Catering. She was involved in car accident when she was 11 which left her being bald for a period of time and scars. Free and willful, she is constantly looking for an "extraordinary" boy and wears rather flashy clothes. She lives with her younger sister, Monica, whom she is protective of and her grandmother after her mother left.
Monica/Monotone - As her nickname indicates, she speaks everything in the same tone- in fact, the only words she ever seems to say is "Mmm-hmm", "Bettaquit" and "Donneven". Kristy's less flamboyant sister, she is an accident-prone server for Wish Catering. She is a tall blonde, smokes regularly, and moves slowly. Simple actions seem to exhaust her too.
Wesley/Wes - Delia's older nephew, who also works for Wish Catering and handles the bar. Highly attractive, he makes sculptures of hearts in hands and angels out of common yard junk that he learned to do while he was incarcerated. He doesn't care about looks or being perfect, thinking that the flaws in people are what make them attractive. He was once in juvenile hall and was arrested for breaking into a house with a group of his friends, though nothing was stolen. He cares for those around him, especially Bert, as when his mom was terminally ill he could not be there with her and Bert. (he ends up with Macy). Wes is the one that open up Macy's head to other thought of more than just SAT and being perfect for her boyfriend, Jason.
Bert- Wes's younger brother, Bert shares the same features, but built on a shorter, rounder frame. He has the tendency to take everything very seriously, and believes the end of the world is soon approaching. After getting his driver's license, he gets an old ambulance, which had been sloppily painted over, naming it the 'Bertmobile'.