Release: The Kirkus Best Book of 2017 – A Raw YA Story About Courage, Love, and Living Your Truth

Release: The Kirkus Best Book of 2017 – A Raw YA Story About Courage, Love, and Living Your Truth

<p><strong>Inspired by Judy Blume’s <em>Forever</em> and Virginia Woolf’s <em>Mrs. Dalloway</em>, this novel that Andrew Smith calls </strong><strong>“beautiful, enchanting, [and] exquisitely written”</strong><strong> is a new classic about teenage relationships, self-acceptance—and what happens when the walls we build start coming down. A <em>Kirkus</em> Best Book of 2017!</strong></p><p>Adam Thorn doesn’t know it yet, but today will change his life. </p><p>Between his religious family, a deeply unpleasant ultimatum from his boss, and his own unrequited love for his sort-of ex, Enzo, it seems as though Adam’s life is falling apart.  At least he has two people to keep him sane: his new boyfriend (he does love Linus, doesn’t he?) and his best friend, Angela. </p><p>But all day long, old memories and new heartaches come crashing together, throwing Adam’s life into chaos. The bindings of his world are coming untied one by one; yet in spite of everything he has to let go, he may also find freedom in the release. <br /><br /></p><p>From the <em>New York Times </em>bestselling author of <em>A Monster Calls</em> comes a raw, darkly funny, and deeply affecting story about the courage it takes to live your truth.</p>