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Award-winning author Susin Nielsen´s brilliant new novel explores heartbreak and tragedy in the way only she can - with a big dose of humour, sarcasm ... and lots of cats.
Petula´s pessimistic world is turned upside down when she meets Jacob, an optimist with a long-hidden secret.

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Ever since tragedy struck her family, Petula has learned to see danger everywhere - whether it´s crossing the road or eating a poached egg. Petula´s determined not to let her guard down, even if this means allowing herself to be ruled by anxiety and grief, and losing her best friend.
Then Jacob walks into her therapy group. Strikingly tall and confident, he´s survived a different kind of disaster and still come out smiling. At first Petula is repelled by his optimism, yet even she can´t deny their chemistry together.
But optimism is blind - and so is love. What will happen if Petula gives in to both?

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"Susin Nielsen has produced a richly comic story featuring a cast of mismatched, engaging characters" Marilyn Brocklehurst Guardian, The Best New Children´s Books supplement

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Susin Nielsen got her start writing for popular television series, Degrassi Junior High. Since then, she´s written for many Canadian TV shows and her young adult novels have received considerable critical acclaim. Word Nerd and My Messed-Up Life won multiple Young Readers´ Choice Awards. The Reluctant Journal of Henry K. Larsen won the UKLA Award, the prestigious Governor General´s Literary Award, the Canadian Library Association´s Children´s Book of the Year and many Young Readers´ Choice Awards, while We Are All Made of Molecules was longlisted for the Carnegie Medal. Susin lives in Vancouver with her family and two extremely destructive cats.

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