All the Ugly and Wonderful Things

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Troubled love amidst a harsh meth landscape.

If you've ever felt drawn to stories that challenge societal norms and tug at the complexity of the human heart, "All the Ugly and Wonderful Things" is calling you. Bryn Greenwood crafts a narrative that's as raw as it is captivating, offering a deeply emotive exploration of love's resilience in the most testing of environments. The unlikely bond formed between Wavy and Kellen will linger in your thoughts long after the last page.

  • Kirkus Prize Nominee (2016)
  • Goodreads Choice Award Nominee for Fiction (2016)
  • Book of the Month Book of the Year Award (2016)
Note: While we do our best to ensure the accuracy of cover images, ISBNs may at times be reused for different editions of the same title which may hence appear as a different cover.

All the Ugly and Wonderful Things

Regular price $11.90
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ISBN: 9781250074133
Authors: Bryn Greenwood
Publisher: Thomas Dunne Books
Date of Publication: 2016-08-01
Format: Hardcover
Related Collections: Romance, Literary Fiction, Contemporary
Goodreads rating: 4.0
(rated by 160995 readers)

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A beautiful and provocative love story between two unlikely people and the hard-won relationship that elevates them above the Midwestern meth lab backdrop of their lives.As the daughter of a drug dealer, Wavy knows not to trust people, not even her own parents. It's safer to keep her mouth shut and stay out of sight. Struggling to raise her little brother, Donal, eight-year-old Wavy is the only responsible adult around. Obsessed with the constellations, she finds peace in the starry night sky above the fields behind her house, until one night her star gazing causes an accident. After witnessing his motorcycle wreck, she forms an unusual friendship with one of her father's thugs, Kellen, a tattooed ex-con with a heart of gold.By the time Wavy is a teenager, her relationship with Kellen is the only tender thing in a brutal world of addicts and debauchery. When tragedy rips Wavy's family apart, a well-meaning aunt steps in, and what is beautiful to Wavy looks ugly under the scrutiny of the outside world. A powerful novel you wont soon forget, Bryn Greenwood's All the Ugly and Wonderful Things challenges all we know and believe about love.
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Troubled love amidst a harsh meth landscape.

If you've ever felt drawn to stories that challenge societal norms and tug at the complexity of the human heart, "All the Ugly and Wonderful Things" is calling you. Bryn Greenwood crafts a narrative that's as raw as it is captivating, offering a deeply emotive exploration of love's resilience in the most testing of environments. The unlikely bond formed between Wavy and Kellen will linger in your thoughts long after the last page.

  • Kirkus Prize Nominee (2016)
  • Goodreads Choice Award Nominee for Fiction (2016)
  • Book of the Month Book of the Year Award (2016)
Note: While we do our best to ensure the accuracy of cover images, ISBNs may at times be reused for different editions of the same title which may hence appear as a different cover.