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All the Ugly and Wonderful Things by Bryn Greenwood is a powerful novel that challenges everything we think we know about love. Set against the backdrop of a Midwestern meth lab, it tells the beautiful and thought-provoking love story of two unlikely individuals and the hard-won relationship that lifts them above their troubled lives.
Wavy, the daughter of a drug dealer, has learned not to trust anyone, not even her own parents. To stay out of danger, she keeps her mouth shut and stays hidden. Being just eight years old, she is the only responsible adult in the house, taking care of her little brother, Donal. Finding solace in the constellations, Wavy gazes at the starry night sky behind her house, until one night, her stargazing leads to an accident. After witnessing a motorcycle wreck, she forms an unexpected friendship with one of her father's thugs, Kellen, a tattooed ex-convict with a heart of gold.
As Wavy grows into a teenager, her relationship with Kellen becomes the only source of tenderness in a world filled with addiction and debauchery. However, when tragedy tears Wavy's family apart, a well-intentioned aunt steps in, only to see what Wavy finds beautiful as ugly. This captivating story is one that will stay with you long after you've finished reading.
This acclaimed novel has been praised as one of the top ten hottest reads of 2016 by the New York Daily News and has been recognized as one of the best books of 2016 by the St. Louis Post Dispatch. It is a book that you won't soon forget.
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publisher | ‎A Thomas Dunne Book for St. Martin's Griffin; Reprint edition (October 3, 2017) | ||||
language | ‎English | ||||
paperback | ‎432 pages | ||||
isbn_10 | ‎9781250153968 | ||||
isbn_13 | ‎978-1250153968 | ||||
item_weight | ‎12.8 ounces | ||||
dimensions | ‎5.4 x 1.1 x 8.2 inches | ||||
best_sellers_rank | #993 in Books (See Top 100 in Books) #60 in Coming of Age Fiction (Books) #102 in American Literature (Books) #176 in Literary Fiction (Books) | ||||
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