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You'd Be Home Now Kindle Edition

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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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This wasn't supposed to happen to us. It can happen to your family, too.

There is no shame in addiction. Kathleen Glasgow

Nails what it's like to love someone with an addiction Hayley Krischer

An evocative, soaring exploration of family. Laurie Elizabeth Flynn

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Read more from Kathleen Glasgow! Who killed Brooke Donovan? It’s the biggest mystery of the summer, and everyone in Castle Cove thinks it’s the wrong person. 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. Tiger's life changed with a simple phone call. Her mother has died. That's when darkness descended on her otherwise average life.

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Gr 9 Up-Emory Ward has spent her life living in the shadow of her beautiful older sister, her troubled brother, and her super successful parents who expect her to be perfect. After a summer of turmoil, Emory returns to school as an outcast-the sister of an addict who the whole town holds responsible for the death of a young girl, she struggles to make new friends and take care of her brother who seems dangerously close to a relapse all the time. A story on the surface that seems to focus around her brother's addiction and rehabilitation, it's really about Emmy's story of rehabbing who she is and who she wants to be. This portrays the very real struggles that many communities experience. The narrative presents a nuanced look at a family trying to keep their loved ones safe and the toll that addiction takes on all of its members. A heartbreaking yet important story that will resonate with many, it also brings home the effects that addiction can take on an entire community. VERDICT A must-have for all high school fiction collections.-Erica Coonelly, Monroe Township M.S., NJα(c) Copyright 2011. Library Journals LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Media Source, Inc. No redistribution permitted.

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“Impossibly moving.”—Vanity Fair

“Necessary, important,
honest, loving, and true.” —Kirkus Reviews, starred review

“The narrative presents a nuanced look at a family trying to keep their loved ones safe and the toll that addiction takes on all of its members…A
heartbreaking yet important story.” –SLJ, starred review

"...
compassionately illustrates the profound power of love...[a] remarkable and engrossing novel of life’s balance and imbalance between struggle and joy."—Booklist, starred review

“As beautiful as it is raw…
an unflinching tale of addiction.” —Amy Beashel, author of The Sky Is Mine
 
“Raw, honest, and over-flowing with feelings…
unlike anything I’ve ever experienced on the page.” —Erin Hahn, author of You’d Be Mine and More Than Maybe
 
“In her gripping tale of an addict-adjacent teen and the fragile ecosystem she inhabits,
Kathleen Glasgow expands our hearts and invites in a little more humanity.” —Val Emmich, New York Times bestselling author of Dear Evan Hansen: The Novel  

“Renders the invisible faces of addiction with rare humanity.” —Amber Smith, New York Times bestselling author of The Way I Used to Be

Nails what it’s like to love someone with an addiction and humanizes the struggle of a teenage drug addict.” —Hayley Krischer, author of Something Happened to Ali Greenleaf

An evocative, soaring exploration of family, friendship, and the many lives that encompass a small town.” —Laurie Elizabeth Flynn, author of The Girls Are All So Nice Here

Product details

  • ASIN ‏ : ‎ B08VFSBVKR
  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ Delacorte Press (September 28, 2021)
  • Publication date ‏ : ‎ September 28, 2021
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • File size ‏ : ‎ 9264 KB
  • Text-to-Speech ‏ : ‎ Enabled
  • Screen Reader ‏ : ‎ Supported
  • Enhanced typesetting ‏ : ‎ Enabled
  • X-Ray ‏ : ‎ Enabled
  • Word Wise ‏ : ‎ Not Enabled
  • Print length ‏ : ‎ 389 pages
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Kathleen Glasgow is the #1 New York Times bestselling author of THE GLASS GIRL, GIRL IN PIECES, YOU'D BE HOME NOW, HOW TO MAKE FRIENDS WITH THE DARK, and the Agathas mystery series (with Liz Lawson): THE AGATHAS and THE NIGHT IN QUESTION. Follow her on TikTok @kathleenglasgow, or on Instagram @misskathleenglasgow.

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  • Reviewed in the United States on January 5, 2025
    it’s well written and tells a wonderful story that i can relate to
  • Reviewed in the United States on January 31, 2024
    MY SUMMARY
    Addiction and the ripple effect it has on family, friends, communites, towns, this country; big towns, little towns, the wealthy, the poor; everyone everywhere. Focus on a brother and sister and their harships, growth, and the things they do, good and bad, to protect, defend, and try to save eachother.

    MY THOUGHTS
    A very genuine real-life feeling story. A story of a family; mainly a brother and sister, struggling with present-day issues. A teenage girl finding her voice amongst the "noise" of high school and her peers. It really kept me hooked in an atypical way, in that it wasn't overly dramatic or graphic. It didn't keep me hooked in a "thriller" genre sort of way, but a "this is a good story and I want to see it through" kind of way; a more emotional way at a deeper level.
    3 people found this helpful
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  • Reviewed in the United States on December 31, 2024
    I absolutely love the way this author writes!
  • Reviewed in the United States on February 25, 2024
    *Disclaimer: The pills in the picture are my Pantoprazole for gastritis.

    Lacy’s Tear Tier: 💧💧💧/5

    Trigger Warnings: teen death, drug use, addiction, suicide

    Format: 🎧

    I enjoyed this book a lot! I listened to the audio, and cried right along with our main character Emory.

    We see Emory go through a lot in this book. She is having to heal, physically, from the car wreck that caused so much devastation. Not only is Emory dealing with physical healing, she’s also, dealing with healing her mental health, as well. Plus, trying to keep her family together. It’s a lot for a teenager to have to worry about.

    I love the journey that Emory goes on throughout this book. She starts to really find out who she is, and who her real friends are, and I love that for our character. She deserves the small wins after everything she puts up with throughout this book.

    We have some great characters in this book, some shady characters, and some misunderstood characters. I loved the dimension given to each person.

    In books like this, there’s a lot of conflict, but at our final climactic moment, things do get resolved, and people learn and change. This is a tough story with a hopeful ending.

    This book gave me major ‘Euphoria’ vibes. It’s definitely a toned down version, but deals with a lot of the same issues. I would definitely recommend this book!
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    5.0 out of 5 stars Heavy topics with a hopeful ending.
    Reviewed in the United States on February 25, 2024
    *Disclaimer: The pills in the picture are my Pantoprazole for gastritis.

    Lacy’s Tear Tier: 💧💧💧/5

    Trigger Warnings: teen death, drug use, addiction, suicide

    Format: 🎧

    I enjoyed this book a lot! I listened to the audio, and cried right along with our main character Emory.

    We see Emory go through a lot in this book. She is having to heal, physically, from the car wreck that caused so much devastation. Not only is Emory dealing with physical healing, she’s also, dealing with healing her mental health, as well. Plus, trying to keep her family together. It’s a lot for a teenager to have to worry about.

    I love the journey that Emory goes on throughout this book. She starts to really find out who she is, and who her real friends are, and I love that for our character. She deserves the small wins after everything she puts up with throughout this book.

    We have some great characters in this book, some shady characters, and some misunderstood characters. I loved the dimension given to each person.

    In books like this, there’s a lot of conflict, but at our final climactic moment, things do get resolved, and people learn and change. This is a tough story with a hopeful ending.

    This book gave me major ‘Euphoria’ vibes. It’s definitely a toned down version, but deals with a lot of the same issues. I would definitely recommend this book!
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  • Reviewed in the United States on November 26, 2024
    Just got wet through packaging its okay though
  • Reviewed in the United States on May 2, 2023
    Let me just start with this:
    I started reading this book around noon today, and finished at 9pm.

    It’s been a few years since I actually sat down & read a book, I used to read a lot in my teenage years, and now I’m in my mid twenties - thinking this book may be a bit out of my age range. But it was still as enjoyable as I remembered it to be.
    Threw me back for a bit of teenage drama & that hopeless feeling you felt all too many times as a teenager - and still do, sometimes ‘til this day.

    Emory and her family is going through something that I can relate to heavily. The disappointment, the anger, the sadness. and the shame. I’ve felt it all. I lost one of my brothers to an OD a few years ago, and younger me felt a lot of different emotions about him, before I fully grasped what was going on. And reading more about substance abuse, I’d like to think helps me understand how maybe he felt at times when we didn’t understand. And it struck me at points in the book where I had to wipe away a few tears, especially towards the end of the book. You’re definitely in for an emotional ride reading this book, and if you’re having a specific mindset about people who struggle with any kind of substance abuse, maybe this book can help you change your mind, like it helped change Emory’s mom’s mindset in the book.
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  • Reviewed in the United States on May 1, 2024
    As far as quality goes, the book was in perfect condition. There were no rips, tears, bends, or printing errors. The story itself is alright. I am glad I read it, but it's not amazing or shocking in any way. It's kind-of predictable and somewhat bland. I was left feeling unsatisfied at the end. Overall, it was a good book but it had nothing that really stood out to me.
  • Reviewed in the United States on January 5, 2025
    The book quality is good. The book itself is very interesting

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  • incredible book. hard hitting but so real and raw. love all her books
    5.0 out of 5 stars 10/10
    Reviewed in Canada on January 12, 2025
    was so very good. wonderful writing and story telling. was a hard hitting book and a lot to chew at sometimes but so real and raw. love all her books
  • maurizio
    5.0 out of 5 stars Libro
    Reviewed in Italy on January 11, 2025
    Molto bello
  • Patricia Kraemer
    5.0 out of 5 stars Sehr hilfreich
    Reviewed in Germany on November 15, 2024
    Das Buch hat meiner Tochter gut gefallen.
  • telle
    5.0 out of 5 stars one of my favourite book ever!
    Reviewed in the United Kingdom on October 29, 2024
    i absolutely love this book! kathleen glasgow is an amazing and powerful writer and i will forever love her books. i found it so easy to stick with as my attention span isn’t the greatest however this book had me hooked from the start.
  • Alexander Gomez
    5.0 out of 5 stars Wow.
    Reviewed in India on November 18, 2022
    I mean, this book was relatable. Even though I don't have a brother who is struggling with addiction, he was a survivor of suicide and i related way too accurately to Emory, being invisible, being the 'good one' because my parents already have my brother to deal with. But also, understanding my brother's pov.

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