Ugly and Wonderful Things: A Novel

• A New York Times and USA Today bestseller

• 2016 Book of the Year, Book of the Month Club

• Second Place, Goodreads Best Fiction of 2016

All the Ugly and Wonderful Things, a powerful novel by Bryn Greenwood, weaves a beautiful and provocative love story between two unlikely people against the backdrop of a Midwestern meth lab. Wavy, the daughter of a drug dealer, has learned not to trust anyone, not even her own parents. She keeps her mouth shut and stays out of sight, taking on the responsibility of raising her younger brother, Donal. Her solace lies in the starry night sky, but when an accident occurs during one of her star-gazing sessions, she forms an unusual friendship with Kellen, one of her father’s thugs - a tattooed ex-con with a heart of gold.

As Wavy grows into a teenager, her relationship with Kellen becomes the only tender thing in a world filled with addicts and debauchery. However, when a tragedy tears her family apart, the intervention of a well-meaning aunt leads to outside scrutiny that challenges the beauty Wavy sees in her relationship with Kellen.

All the Ugly and Wonderful Things has received widespread acclaim, being recognized as a top read of 2016 by the New York Daily News and St. Louis Post-Dispatch, and included in the list of 31 Books Bringing the Heat this Summer by Bustle. This novel challenges our perceptions of love and will linger in your memory long after you turn the last page.

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