You'd Be Home Now
NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER - From the critically acclaimed author of Girl in Pieces comes a stunning novel that Vanity Fair calls "impossibly moving" and "suffused with light". In this raw, deeply personal story, a teenaged girl struggles to find herself amidst the fallout of her brother's addiction in a town ravaged by the opioid crisis. For all of Emory's life she's been told who she is. In town she's the rich one--the great-great-granddaughter of the mill's founder. At school she's hot Maddie Ward's younger sister. And at home, she's the good one, her stoner older brother Joey's babysitter. Everything was turned on its head, though, when she and Joey were in the car accident that killed Candy MontClaire. The car accident that revealed just how bad Joey's drug habit was. Four months later, Emmy's junior year is starting, Joey is home from rehab, and the entire town of Mill Haven is still reeling from the accident. Everyone's telling Emmy who she is, but so much has changed, how can she be the same person? Or was she ever that person at all? Mill Haven wants everyone to live one story, but Emmy's beginning to see that people are more than they appear. Her brother, who might not be "cured," the popular guy who lives next door, and most of all, many "ghostie" addicts who haunt the edges of the town. People spend so much time telling her who she is--it might be time to decide for herself. A journey of one sister, one brother, one family, to finally recognize and love each other for who they are, not who they are supposed to be, You'd Be Home Now is Kathleen Glasgow's glorious and heartbreaking story about the opioid crisis, and how it touches all of us.
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"how much pain and suffering could be eliminated if you just accepted the kid in front of you and stopped trying to fix them. Maybe there is no 'fixing' "
First let me say this book got me out of a 2 month long reading slump! I wasn't sure that I'd be the greatest fan of this book solely because its about addiction and the way this book started. However I did love this book I it was really well written about a topic that is not talked about nearly enough. I found the way that Emmy feels about high school to be very relatable and I think most people do in fact feel the way she does. I not only think this book is very well written but I think everyone should read it who knows someone struggling with addiction of any kind or has a child. I believe that if you read this book with an open mind you can be very eye opening and you may learn a thing or two. I did really like that there wasn't really a definite end for Joey and that you don't really get to know what happens after he checks himself into rehab. I liked that I could relate to a lot of what Emmy was feeling in her junior year of high school. Most of all I loved how eye opening it was for me and how differently I can now look at addiction especially since I have a family member who struggles with alcoholism. I recommended my mom read this because I do think that it could help parents understand their kids better and that although we know most of our parents are good parents, the way they go about things sometimes makes things worse not better!
This book was one that really spoke to me. I don't face several of her problems, but they are so outspoken and detailed that I felt I might've.
This book was a page turner. I finished this is short period of time compared to other books bc it’s hard for me to concentrate. Anywho, I shed some tears. The love she has for her brother and how she feels invisible.. I felt that. I love this book! This was good!
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