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The last goldfish : a true tale of friendship / by Anita Lahey.

by Lahey, Anita.

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Biblioasis, 2020.

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9781771963435 (pbk.)

264 p. ; 21 cm.

"When Anita Lahey opens her binder in Grade 9 French and gasps over an unsigned form, the girl with the burst of red hair in front of her whispers, Forge it! The girl's name is Lou, and thus begins an intense, joyful friendship, one of those powerful bonds forged in youth that shapes a person's identity and changes the course of a life. A few months before high school graduation, a doctor excises a lump from Lou's arm, an echo of an operation six years earlier that left her with a scar she hates. It's unnerving, but the two friends move past the surprise surgery and into student digs in the city to begin their journalism studies, throwing themselves into urban life, young love, and the future's promising glow. Soon after, Louisa's life takes a shocking turn: into hospital wards, medical tests, treatments and pills. As both young women deal with the impact of Lou's burgeoning illness, a new possibility confronts them, one that alters, with devastating finality, the prospect of a future for them both. Equal parts humorous and heartbreaking, The Last Goldfish is a moving and poignant memoir of youth, friendship and the impermanence of life."--From publisher.

Creative nonfiction.

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