Dying in June | Amy Magness-Whatley
On a constant journey to meet death, 19-year-old June Mackie is determined to be in charge of her own destiny. When she wakes in the hospital to find she has failed to die again, her strong-will to follow through takes over and she devises a surefire plan. June decides to find a way to get to Montana where she can fall from Chief Mountain, and for the last time, succeed in meeting death. When she meets Frank, her 33-year-old road companion with a thick British accent, dirty fingernails, and a complete lack of refinement, what she once viewed as her certain destiny becomes skewed. Keeping her true reason for the trip a secret, June soon learns that Frank has also been hiding a secret; one that will determine the fate of each of them. When June is forced to make a new decision, with the help of an elderly woman whom she met in the hospital, meeting death will no longer be as easy as she hoped. Edgy, suspenseful, and strangely romantic, Dying in June captures the essence of new love, selflessness, and sacrifice.