When Happily Ever After Ends

by Lurlene McDaniel

Book Overview

Fifteen-year-old Shannon Campbell knew her father had been troubled since he served in the Vietnam War, but his violent suicide still shocks her. Shannon always shared so much with her father--why... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Mass Market Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0553290568
• ISBN13: 9780553290561
• Release Date: February 1992
• Publisher: Laurel Leaf Library
• Length: 168 Pages
• Weight: 0.25 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 4.2" x 6.9"
• Age Range: 12 years and up
• Grade Range: Grade 7 and higher

Customer Reviews

When Happily Ever After Ends

Out of all of Lurlene McDaniel's books this story is one of her saddesst. This is a truly toching story about what happens when Someone kills themselves. When Shannon's father died she and her mother are left to pick up the pices of their lives. Like all of this authors books I couldn't put this one down. It hed me captive till the last page.

Mother Help

The book is a very exciting book and the young child is always going to her mother for help and trying to find answers to the difficult questions concerning her father's death.

When Happily Ever After Ends

When Happily Ever After Ends is a great book. It's about this girl that lives on a ranch and does horse shows for fun.Her father misses one of the biggest shows in her career and she knows something is wrong. When they come home they find the most terrifying thing.Even though there is this guy that's hanging around she doesn't like she doesn't really try to acuse him of what happened. You'd be amazed at how close they actually got.Lurlene McDaniel put this book together well. She picked the perfect setting a quiet ranch, very peaceful and calm, anything could happen.This book would be a great book to read if you enjoy sad stories with happy endings.I would recommend this to everyone.

An inspiring and sad story

The Campbell Family, including Shannon, her mother and her father, have always been respected in society. When Shannon's father commits suicide, it is a great tradgedy. Following the death of her father, Shannon learns many things about life and about love, how they both hurt.

it's a tear jerker

i have all of mcdaniel's books (that aren't out of date) and this is one of my faves. i've read it at least three times and i'm tempted to read it again right now. it doesn't have death by a disease--which somehow makes it even better. i don't know why, but i spose it's because the dying person isn't suffering as long. the setting of the story also intrigues me. it's set on a ranch and they go riding horses across fields and trails and everything and it just sounds so romantic. i definitely recommend reading this book if you haven't already.