Dear Zoe is an epistolary, young-adult novel by the American writer Philip Beard. which was first published in 2004. The narrator is fifteen-year-old Tess DeNunzio, who writes to her younger sister Zoe about her experiences after Zoe died. The novel is set in 2002 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania and follows Tess's first year of high school. Dear Zoe tells the story of 15-year-old Tess DeNunzio, who is wracked by guilt after losing her half-sister in a hit-and-run accident on the day of the September 11 attacks. The novel was selected by Booklist, a magazine of the American Library Association, as one of the ten best first novels of 2005. When Beard originally wrote this novel, he was advised by a friend to change the format from epistolary to first person. After he made these changes and sent the manuscript to publisher, the manuscript was rejected several times. It was not until he changed it back to being an epistolary novel that he was published.
About Dear Zoe
Coming-of-age dramedy about a teenager, who enlists the help of her biological father and her next door neighbor, to help her cope with the death of her younger sister. The film was directed by Gren Wells.
Achievement of Dear Zoe
The film is an adaptation of Philip Beard's novel of the same name. It was filmed in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
Top Facts You Did Not Know About Dear Zoe
Novels set in Pittsburgh.. Viking Press books.
