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Inspired by Judy Blume´s Forever and Virginia Woolf´s Mrs. Dalloway, this novel that Andrew Smith calls "beautiful, enchanting, [and] exquisitely written" is a new classic about teenage relationships, self-acceptance-and what happens when the walls we build start coming down. A Kirkus Best Book of 2017!

Adam Thorn doesn´t know it yet, but today will change his life.

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.

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.

From the New York Times bestselling author of A Monster Calls comes a raw, darkly funny, and deeply affecting story about the courage it takes to live your truth.

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"Every sentence in this gorgeous little novel feels perfect and necessary. This focused, humane book is a joy." The New York Times Book Review

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Patrick Ness is the author of ten novels, including his New York Times bestselling The Rest of Us Just Live Here, the Chaos Walking trilogy, More Than This, A Monster Calls, which was made into a major motion picture with a screenplay adaptation by Patrick himself, Release, and And The Ocean Was Our Sky. Born in Virginia, Patrick lives in London. www.patrickness.com

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