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If Only I Had Told Her
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Overview
If Only I Had Told Her by Laura Nowlin was released on February 6, 2024. It is a contemporary young adult romantic tragedy that can also be categorized as teen and young adult friendship fiction. Nowlin’s novels focus on romance but also on processing sudden loss and maturing into adulthood. If Only I Had Told Her is a companion to her 2013 novel, If He Had Been with Me, which focuses on the same characters, Autumn and Finn, but from Autumn’s perspective rather than Finn’s. Nowlin is a New York Times and USA Times best-selling author and a librarian with a bachelor’s degree in English. She lives in St. Louis, Missouri, where both If He Had Been with Me and If Only I Had Told Her are set.
This guide uses the print edition of the novel published by Sourcebooks in 2024.
Content Warning: This guide includes discussions of teen pregnancy, suicide, depression, and sexual abuse.
Plot Summary
If Only I Had Told Her explores the events surrounding the death of a teenage boy, Finn Smith, including the impact his life and death have on those closest to him.
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