All the Ugly and Wonderful Things A Novel

NewYorkTimesbestsellerUSATodaybestsellerBookoftheMonthClub2016BookoftheYearSecondPlaceGoodreadsBestFictionof201631BooksBringingtheHeatthisSummer?BustleTopTenHottestReadsof2016?NewYorkDailyNewsBestBooksof2016?St.LouisPostDispatchAbeautifulandprovocativelovestorybetweentwounlikelypeopleandthehard-wonrelationshipthatelevatesthemabovetheMidwesternmethlabbackdropoftheirlives.Asthedaughterofadrugdealer,Wavyknowsnottotrustpeople,notevenherownparents.It\'ssafertokeephermouthshutandstayoutofsight.Strugglingtoraiseherlittlebrother,Donal,eight-year-oldWavyistheonlyresponsibleadultaround.Obsessedwiththeconstellations,shefindspeaceinthestarrynightskyabovethefieldsbehindherhouse,untilonenightherstargazingcausesanaccident.Afterwitnessinghismotorcyclewreck,sheformsanunusualfriendshipwithoneofherfather\'sthugs,Kellen,atattooedex-conwithaheartofgold.BythetimeWavyisateenager,herrelationshipwithKellenistheonlytenderthinginabrutalworldofaddictsanddebauchery.WhentragedyripsWavy\'sfamilyapart,awell-meaningauntstepsin,andwhatisbeautifultoWavylooksuglyunderthescrutinyoftheoutsideworld.Apowerfulnovelyouwon?tsoonforget,BrynGreenwood\'sAlltheUglyandWonderfulThingschallengesallweknowandbelieveaboutlove.,