In this novel LUSH, by Natsaha Friend, a girl in the 8th grade named Samantha is going through a rough time with her family. Samantha is a very caring person. She always makes sure that everyone around her is okay. The things Samantha goes through in the story seems the author wants us to learn about forgiveness and relationships. Forgiveness is something everyone has given or needed. For instance, when Samantha’s acholic father hurt her brother, Luke badly. All Luke wanted to do was to go and check on his father to make sure he was okay. Walking into the study room and boom everything is in slow motion, Luke getting slit in his face with an empty bottle of Jim beam. Also, when Charlie Parker, Samantha’s ex best friend needed to be forgiven