Love & Other Carnivorous Plants
Little, Brown Books for Young Readers · Paperback · April 14, 2020
This acclaimed, darkly funny debut for fans of Jesse Andrews and Robyn Schneider about a teen who's consumed by love, grief, and self-destructive behavior is now in paperback.
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- Who it’s for
- A darkly funny, sharply tender read about love, grief, and the uneasy work of becoming yourself.
- Genres
- YA Romance - LGBTQ+, Eating Disorders & Body Image for Teens, Mental Illness for Teens
- Published
- Little, Brown Books for Young Readers, April 14, 2020
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This acclaimed, darkly funny debut for fans of Jesse Andrews and Robyn Schneider about a teen who's consumed by love, grief, and self-destructive behavior is now in paperback. Freshman year at college was the most anticlimactic year of Danny's life. She's failing pre-med and drifting apart from her best friend. One by one, Danny is losing all the underpinnings of her identity.
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When she finds herself attracted to an older, edgy girl who she met in rehab for an eating disorder, she finally feels like she might be finding a new sense of self. But when tragedy strikes, her self-destructive tendencies come back to haunt her as she struggles to discover who that self really is. With a starkly memorable voice that's at turns hilarious and heartbreaking, Love and Other Carnivorous Plants brilliantly captures the painful turning point between an adolescence that's slipping away and the overwhelming uncertainty of the future.
Wit and Uncertainty
A darkly funny, sharply tender read about love, grief, and the uneasy work of becoming yourself.
Come here for
- A voice that turns from hilarious to heartbreaking.
- Love and self-discovery without easy answers.
Expect
- College-age uncertainty tangled with grief and a faltering sense of self.
- Self-destructive behavior treated with both wit and pain.
Where it sits
| Mental Illness for Teens | 62% |
|---|---|
| YA Romance - LGBTQ+ | 62% |
| Eating Disorders & Body Image for Teens | 58% |
Percentages are BookFrontier’s reading of the book.
Publisher categories
- YA Romance - LGBTQ+
- Dating & Sex for Teens
- Death & Grief for Teens
- Addiction & Substance Use for Teens
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- Eating Disorders & Body Image for Teens
- Authors
- Florence Gonsalves
- Publisher
- Little, Brown Books for Young Readers
- Published
- April 14, 2020
- Format
- Paperback
- Reading lane
- YA Romance - LGBTQ+