Chemiluminescence

Anna and Helen have bonded over their shared diagnosis of terminal illness, but while Helen has decided to forgo further treatment, Anna is determined to do anything and everything to beat the disease - at any cost. As their friendship deeps, Anna begins to secretly hope Helen's refusal to have treatment will increase her own odds while Helen begins to believe Anna is her talisman and bearing witness to her will guarantee her own recovery. Who will be the victor and, at what cost?Dianne and Tracette, two teen girls are learning to deal with the pressures of adolescence. When their already fragile friendship is upended by a shocking betrayal Dianne is left to carry on as she is thrust into a world she barely understands. Chemiluminescence means "e;the emission of light during a chemical reaction."e;For the people who populate the book this means living with their eyes wide open to the dark corners of their own failures, misgivings, self-deceit, where their flaws are forever illuminated and forgiveness is just another word.