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Anya must decide between following her heart or fulfilling her duties as new head of the family. To complicate matters, she is falling in love with the wrong boy, Win, the son of a prominent prosecutor in the DA's office. When she is wrongly accused of poisoning her ex-boyfriend with tainted chocolate produced by her father's company, Anya faces one of the most difficult trials of her life. In crime-ridden New York City, 16-year-old Anya Balanchine, the orphaned daughter of a renowned black-market chocolatier boss, has more than her share of responsibilities, trying to keep her siblings safe and care for her ailing grandmother. Lizzie finally returns to Earth and is reborn.In this first installment of the Birthright series, Zevin (Elsewhere) paints a disturbing picture of a not-so-distant future, when the economy has shrunk along with natural resources, and precious luxury items%E2%80%94like chocolate, coffee, and newly manufactured clothing%E2%80%94are banned in the United States. Together they all grow younger until Lizzie is once again an infant. For several weeks, Owen pushes Lizzie away and tries to resume his relationship with his wife, but they both soon realize that they have both changed and their relationship is not working. However, things become difficult when Owen's wife dies from the flu. With Lizzie, Owen is finally able to let go of his feelings for his wife. Owen, who died at twenty-six, desperately missed his wife after his death. Lizzie and Owen become friends and quickly begin the transition into a more romantic relationship. However, when Lizzie explains her reasons to the cop, Owen Welles, he decides to go to the Well himself and explain the situation to Alvy. A cop whose job it is to keep people away from the Well, chastises Lizzie and shows her the unhappiness she has caused her family. Just as Lizzie is talking with Alvy, a net comes and drags her to the surface. This time Lizzie manages to speak to her family and can see that her brother Alvy has heard her. Lizzie feels overwhelmed with the need to get the sweater to her dad. The next day, Lizzie accepts the job with the Division of Domestic Animals.Īs time passes and it comes close to Lizzie's dad's birthday, Lizzie recalls a sweater she bought for her father that is hidden in her closet.

However, Lizzie is caught by Betty and realizes that her attempts to return to earth are futile. Then Lizzie decides she must communicate with her family, so she decides to visit a forbidden place in the ocean where it is said she can communicate with her family and friends. Lizzie desperately misses her life on earth and refuses all of Betty's attempts to pull her out of her depression and away from the observation deck. Lizzie becomes obsessed with watching over the next few weeks. From the telescopes on the observation deck, Lizzie can watch her family and friends back on earth. Lizzie begins spending all her time at an observation deck on a lighthouse near her grandmother's house. Lizzie's counselor, Aldous, suggests that Lizzie work as a counselor with newly arrived animals, but Lizzie hesitates at the offer.

#Elsewhere zevin full#

On her first full day on Elsewhere, Lizzie attends her acclimation meeting, a meeting with a counselor in which Lizzie learns about Elsewhere and is assigned an avocation. Lizzie becomes angry at this thought because she had so looked forward to turning sixteen, but now she never will. Betty was in her fifties when she died, but is now in her thirties.

Betty explains to Lizzie that on Elsewhere, people age backwards. On Elsewhere, Lizzie is met by her grandmother, Betty, who died in the months before Lizzie was born. When the boat docks, Lizzie refuses to disembark in hopes that she can return with the boat to her previous life. However, when Lizzie is allowed to watch her own funeral, she is forced to realize the truth. Only fifteen, Lizzie wakes on a boat and holds on to the idea that she is only dreaming because she cannot imagine dying so young. Lizzie has died in a hit and run accident on her way to the mall. Elsewhere is a fascinating story of what happens to people after death. However, as Lizzie comes to understand the truth, she finds herself fighting reality and breaking the rules to get back to her family. When she wakes on a boat, she thinks that she is dreaming.

In this novel, Lizzie has been killed in a hit and run accident.