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This is a startling and tender novel about how to let yourself love and set yourself free by Patrick Ness, the openly gay, twice Carnegie Medal-winning author of ''A Monster Calls''.
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-boyfriend, 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.
This raw, darkly funny, and deeply affecting story about the courage it takes to live your truth is destined to become a classic of teenage relationships and self-acceptance.
Paperback, 288 Pages, Orig. Publ. 2017, This Edition Publ. April 2018
Author: Patrick Ness
''Ness once again demonstrates his profound understanding of the complexities of being a young adult, and of the human condition more generally ... Heartbreaking, intense and acutely honest, this novel casts a subtle spell of hope.'' - Joanne Owen