{"product_id":"things-we-swore-wed-never-do","title":"Things We Swore We''d Never Do","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eSet against long Texas summers filled with pinky promises and the bittersweet magic of growing up, \u003ci\u003eThe Things We Swore We''d Never Do\u003c\/i\u003e, a new story from Jillian Dodd, is about losing your person and learning how to live a little louder in the silence they leave behind.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eGrowing up one broken rule at a time.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIt started with a list.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe things we swore we''d never do.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eKiss boys. Lie to our parents. Wear push-up bras.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWe were nine years old and certain of everything.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMcKenna Moore was everything I wasn''t—fearless, opinionated, and always one step ahead. I was the quiet one, never needing to be the center of anything. But standing next to her always made me feel braver.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWe spent summers at the lake, made pinky promises in the dark, and bottled our girlhood like fireflies in a jar.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWe thought we had forever.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBut growing up has a way of breaking things wide open.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOf shattering the pieces you thought would always fit.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eNow the list is back—and her older brother, Callum, the boy who faded from our world as we grew up, wants me to finish it.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHe wants me to break every rule we swore we never would.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eEvery crossed-out line, every broken rule, feels like a step toward something I''m not sure I''m ready for.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBut maybe becoming who you are means letting go of who you thought you''d always be.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Gardners","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57505021755765,"sku":"9781464295454","price":11.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/backstory.london\/products\/things-we-swore-wed-never-do","provider":"Backstory","version":"1.0","type":"link"}