It begins as an assignment for English class: write a letter to a dead person. Laurel chooses kurt cobain because her sister, May, loved him. And he died young, just like May did. Soon, laurel has a notebook full of lett...It begins as an assignment for English class: write a letter to a dead person. Laurel chooses kurt cobain because her sister, May, loved him. And he died young, just like May did. Soon, laurel has a notebook full of letters to people like janis joplin, amy winehouse, amelia earhart, heath ledger, and more -- though she never gives a single one of them to her teacher.