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My sister, who never understood most of the things I wanted her to, might have been able to understand what had happened to me in this summer of weddings and beginnings. And she was right. The first boy was always the hardest.

Sarah Dessen

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Sarah Dessen
Age: 54
Born: 1970
Born: June 6
Novelist
Writer
Evanston
Illinois
Always
Happened
Things
Understand
Weddings
Never
Able
Beginnings
Wanted
Sister
Might
Hardest
Firsts
Summer
First
Understood
Right
Boys

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