Unfinished Goodbyes

Seventeen-year-old Patrick Schwartz carries a weight too heavy for someone his age - the kind that keeps him awake long after the world has gone quiet. Since the night his sister died, life has become a blur of guilt, silence, and survival. His mom drinks to forget, his dad works to avoid, and Patrick is left holding what's left of a family that doesn't know how to heal.Then, as senior year begins, new faces and familiar pain collide in ways Patrick never expects. A best friend who refuses to give up on him. A girl who sees the pieces he's hiding. And the haunting memories that refuse to stay buried. Slowly, Patrick begins to discover that maybe healing isn't about forgetting - it's about learning how to live again, even when life feels impossible.Unfinished Goodbyes is a powerful and heartfelt young adult novel about grief, forgiveness, and the unbreakable ties of love. With raw emotion and quiet hope, Blake Collins delivers a story that reminds readers that even in the darkest moments, light can still find its way through the cracks.