![]() ![]() The journal entries reveal that Tyler tried to kill himself two years earlier by taking an overdose of Advil, the day after their parent's divorce was finalized. ![]() Lex's journal entries cover a wide range of events, filling in the missing details and providing the backstory. It has been 7 weeks since the death of Ty and Dave wants her to write about when he was happy rather than how his life ended. Lex begins the diary entries on February 5 at the request of her therapist Dave. Although the journal entries parallel some of the events in the present they also fill in the details of how Ty came to commit suicide. Lex's narrative alternates between the present and diary entries. Her family has collapsed with the divorce of her parents after her father moved out four years ago and the recent suicide of her younger brother Tyler. The story is narrated by eighteen year old Alexis (Lex) Riggs who lives with her mother in Raymond, Nebraska. The Last Time We Say Goodbye is novel about a young woman who must deal with the aftermath of both her parent's divorce and the suicide of her brother. ![]()
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