She's even starting to write and hang out with other people around town. She begins to listen, and with his encouragement, starts arguing with him about his musical taste over lunch, even though she's usually terrified of telling people what she thinks.Īt home Whitney is slowly improving thanks to a new therapist who has unorthodox methods. Their eldest sister Kristen is in New York City and going to school after having quit modeling.Īs time progresses, Annabel becomes less isolated when she starts talking to Owen, who is truly obsessed with music and has a show at the local radio station. Annabel's sister Whitney is staying at home with them because she's going through treatment for her eating disorder, and her mother is overbearingly involved in her modeling life (even though modeling isn't what Annabel wants to do). He's always listening to music on his headphones, so it's not like they ever even talk.Īt home things aren't much better. Annabel is pretty much ostracized at school and spends her lunches sitting on the same wall as a boy named Owen Armstrong, who's a loner because it's rumored that he's been arrested for fights. That's because she's had a falling out with her best friend Sophie, a total mean girl who's popular and has a hot boyfriend.Īs soon as Annabel gets into the school parking lot, it's clear that her fears weren't unfounded-Sophie immediately walks by and spits some rude insults at her. When Just Listen opens up, we are told that our narrator-teenage model Annabel Greene-isn't looking forward to her junior year of high school.
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