How to Make Friends with the Dark

From the internationally bestselling author of Girl in Pieces and How to Make Friends with the Dark comes a breathtaking contemporary YA about addiction, family and finding your voice.'Kathleen Glasgow expands our hearts and invites in a little more humanity.' Val Emmich, author of Dear Evan HansenThe quiet one, the obedient one, the reliable one. Emmy has spent her life being told exactly who she is. Not strong-willed like her beautiful sister Maddie and not in rehab like her wild brother Joey. But when a tragic accident changes life in her small town forever, can Emmy keep up the act?'Heartbreaking...breathtaking.' Amber Smith, New York Times bestselling author of The Way I Used to Be 'Raw, honest and overflowing with feelings.' Erin Hahn, author of You'd Be Mine

'Joe war mal cool. Jetzt ist er nur noch irgendsoein drogenabhängiger Loser.'Emmy steht in einer der Kabinen der Mädchentoilette und weint. Sie weiß, dass ihr großer Bruder Joey viel mehr ist als das. Joey ist derjenige, der ihr das Fahrradfahren beigebracht hat, weil ihre Eltern ständig arbeiten mussten. Joey saß stundenlang mit ihr in der Bettlakenhöhle, und hörte ihr beim Vorlesen zu, selbst als er schon viel zu alt dafür war. Joe zeigte ihr, wie man Rührei macht und ließ sie zugucken, während er malte. Bis zu dem Tag, an dem Emmy an seine Zimmertür klopft und Joey mit kalter Stimme sagt: 'Geh weg.'Ein Roman darüber, dass kein Mensch nur gut ist oder nur schlecht ... sondern mindestens beides. Von der 'New York Times'- und 'SPIEGEL'-Bestsellerautorin sowie der TikTok-Sensation 'Girl in Pieces'¿ das neue bewegende Jugendbuch von Kathleen Glasgow. 

I wrote How to Make Friends With the Dark because I miss my mother and my sister. They have both been gone for several years, but everyday is still waking up without them and trying to go on. Every day is a new process of learning grief and its mysteries, the way the smell of a face cream can bring back years-old memories. The way a scene in a television show can bring back the sound of my sister's laughter, a memory that makes me happy and sad at the same time. Once, a friend who lost her mother when she was very young said she'd wished her mother had left her a letter telling her how to live without her, because years and years later, she still did not know how. I wrote How to Make Friends With the Dark as a kind of how-to about death and grief, a manual of the pain that can leave you breathless, a primer on the love that lives in your heart, as much as you might be hurting. And I wrote this book as a letter to kids like Thaddeus and Sarah and Len, kids without parents, kids just trying to survive in a world that sometimes doesn't seem to have room for them.

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • From the critically acclaimed author of Girl in Pieces comes a raw, heart-wrenching novel about a teenager facing down her struggles with alcohol—and the journey she must take to heal.<BR><BR> “A must-read.” —Laura Nowlin, #1 New York Times bestselling author of If He Had Been with Me<BR><BR> “Everyone needs this book.” —Sloan Harlow, New York Times bestselling author of Everything We Never Said<BR> <BR> Everyone in fifteen-year-old Bella’s life needs something from her. Her mom needs her to help around the house, her dad needs her to not make waves, her ex needs her to not be so much. The only person who never needed anything from her was her grandmother—and now she’s dead.<BR><BR> There’s only one thing that dulls the pressure: alcohol. Vodka, beer, peppermint schnapps—alcohol smooths the sharp edges of Bella’s life. And what’s the big deal? Everyone drinks. Besides, Bella can stop whenever she wants. But after she gets blackout drunk at a Thanksgiving party and wakes up in the hospital, it’s time to face reality. And for Bella, reality means rehab.<BR><BR> Gorgeously written and deeply compassionate, Kathleen Glasgow’s The Glass Girl is a candid exploration of the forces pushing young women toward addiction—and what it really takes to help them get better.

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.<BR><BR>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.<BR><BR>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?<BR><BR>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.<BR><BR>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.

'Girl in Pieces' - der internationale Jugendbuch-Bestseller von Kathleen Glasgow - jetzt auf Deutsch! Das Buch begeisterte die BookTok-Community mit seiner intensiven Coming-of-Age-Geschichte über den Kampf gegen innere Dämonen. Am Ende beweist der Jugendroman aber: Es lohnt sich, für das Leben zu kämpfen! 'Girl in Pieces' ist ein mutiges Jugendbuch, dass nicht nur Young-Adult-, sondern auch All-Age-Leser:innen fesselt.Charlotte ist zerbrochen. Mit nur siebzehn Jahren hat sie mehr verloren, als die meisten Menschen im Leben. Mehr als ein Mensch ertragen kann. Aber sie hat gelernt, wie man vergisst. Wie man seinen Körper gefühllos gegen Schmerz macht. Jede neue Narbe macht Charlottes Herz ein wenig härter, doch irgendwann begreift sie, dass sie mehr ist, als die Summe ihrer Verluste - und beginnt zu kämpfen!*Trigger-Warnung*'Girl in Pieces' behandelt sensible Themen wie Depression, Selbstverletzung und Suizid, die einige Personen möglicherweise als verstörend oder belastend empfinden können. 'Ein eindringliches, schönesund notwendiges Buch, das lange nachhallt.' Nicola Yoon, #1 'New York Times'-Bestsellerautorin 

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • From the critically acclaimed author of Girl in Pieces comes a raw, heart-wrenching novel about a teenager facing down her struggles with alcohol—and the journey she must take to heal.<BR><BR> “A must-read.” —Laura Nowlin, #1 New York Times bestselling author of If He Had Been with Me<BR><BR> “Everyone needs this book.” —Sloan Harlow, New York Times bestselling author of Everything We Never Said<BR> <BR> Everyone in fifteen-year-old Bella’s life needs something from her. Her mom needs her to help around the house, her dad needs her to not make waves, her ex needs her to not be so much. The only person who never needed anything from her was her grandmother—and now she’s dead.<BR><BR> There’s only one thing that dulls the pressure: alcohol. Vodka, beer, peppermint schnapps—alcohol smooths the sharp edges of Bella’s life. And what’s the big deal? Everyone drinks. Besides, Bella can stop whenever she wants. But after she gets blackout drunk at a Thanksgiving party and wakes up in the hospital, it’s time to face reality. And for Bella, reality means rehab.<BR><BR> Gorgeously written and deeply compassionate, Kathleen Glasgow’s The Glass Girl is a candid exploration of the forces pushing young women toward addiction—and what it really takes to help them get better.

Der neue Roman von der Autorin der TikTok-Sensation 'Girl in Pieces'Nach ihrer Trennung kämpfen Bellas Eltern mit ihre eigenen Sorgen, und Bella tut was sie kann, um keine zusätzliche Last zu sein. Man wird mehr geliebt, wenn man unkompliziert ist, stimmt's? Doch dann stirbt ihre Grandma, der einzige Mensch, bei dem sie nichts musste, sondern einfach nur sie selbst sein konnte. Und ihre große Liebe Dylan sagt diesen einen Satz, nach dem es kein Weiter gibt ... Aber Bella muss weitermachen, sie ist für so vieles verantwortlich.Zum Glück hat sie ein Geheimnis, das alles leichter macht. Etwas, das ihren Schmerz lindert.Die Autorin des Weltbestsellers 'Girl in Pieces' erzählt in ihrem neuen herzzerreißenden Roman die Geschichte eines Mädchens, das trinkt, um weniger zu fühlen. 

#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER<BR><BR>"A haunting, beautiful, and necessary book."—Nicola Yoon, #1 New York Times bestselling author of Everything, Everything<BR> <BR>Charlotte Davis is in pieces. At seventeen she’s already lost more than most people do in a lifetime. But she’s learned how to forget. The broken glass washes away the sorrow until there is nothing but calm. You don’t have to think about your father and the river. Your best friend, who is gone forever. Or your mother, who has nothing left to give you. <BR><BR>Every new scar hardens Charlie’s heart just a little more, yet it still hurts so much. It hurts enough to not care anymore, which is sometimes what has to happen before you can find your way back from the edge. <BR><BR>A deeply moving portrait of a girl in a world that owes her nothing, and has taken so much, and the journey she undergoes to put herself back together. Kathleen Glasgow's debut is heartbreakingly real and unflinchingly honest. It’s a story you won’t be able to look away from.<BR> <BR>And don’t miss Kathleen Glasgow's novels You’d Be Home Now and How to Make Friends with the Dark, both raw and powerful stories of life.

  'Nothing short of a modern masterpiece.' Amber Smith, bestselling author of The Way I Used to Be  'A must-read.' Laura Nowlin, bestselling author of If He Had Been with Me ************ The story of a teenage girl on the brink, and the bumpy road back to recovery.  Bella is at breaking point. Everyone in her life needs something from her, and there's only one thing that dulls the pain. Alcohol smooths the sharp edges and makes things so much easier. When Bella drinks, she doesn't feel heartbroken over her ex. Or caught in the middle of her parents' divorce. Or overcome with grief for her grandmother. But one night changes everything. When she awakes in hospital with no memory of what happened, it's time to face reality. And for Bella, that means rehab and the bumpy road to recovery. 'Stunning in every sense of the word.' Josh Silver, author of HappyHead'Raw, powerful - and utterly brilliant.' Ravena Guron, author of This Book KillsSpecial edition only while stocks last.