
All the Ways the World Can End
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Square Fish · Ebook · February 18, 2020
A "laughter through tears" YA novel about a teenage girl struggling to deal with her father's terminal cancer—in all the wrong ways All the Ways the World Can End by Abby Sher is at times heart wrenching while at others hilarious.
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- Who it’s for
- A funny, aching YA story finds room for absurdity as one teenager faces grief and upheaval.
- Genres
- Death & Grief for Teens, YA Illness & Disease Stories, Friendship for Teens
- Published
- Square Fish, February 18, 2020
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A "laughter through tears" YA novel about a teenage girl struggling to deal with her father's terminal cancer—in all the wrong ways All the Ways the World Can End by Abby Sher is at times heart wrenching while at others hilarious. Lenny (short for Eleanor) feels like the world is about to end. Her best friend is moving to San Francisco and her dad is dying.
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To cope with her stress Lenny is making a list of all the ways the world can end—designer pathogens, blood moon prophecies, alien invasion—and stockpiling supplies in a bunker in the backyard. Then she starts to develop feelings for her dad's very nice young doctor—and she thinks he may have feelings for her too. Spoiler alert: he doesn't. But a more age-appropriate love interest might. In a time of complete uncertainty, one thing's for sure: Lenny's about to see how everything is ending and beginning. All at the same time. Praise for All the Ways the World Can End: “Lenny’s grief feels palpable and honest.” —Kirkus Reviews “Expressing the same type of magical thinking explored in Sher’s memoir, Amen, Amen, Amen, the novel delineates destructive and healthy responses to loss, and shows that beauty and continuity can exist amid tragedy.” —Publishers Weekly
Laughing Through Loss
A funny, aching YA story finds room for absurdity as one teenager faces grief and upheaval.
Come here for
- Grief and uncertainty met with humor, lists, and end-of-the-world thinking
- A teenage perspective on loss, friendship, and feelings that go sideways
Expect
- Laughter threaded through the pain of a father’s terminal illness
- A sustained coming-of-age read about endings, beginnings, and messy feelings
Where it sits
| Death & Grief for Teens | 96% |
|---|---|
| Friendship for Teens | 55% |
| YA Illness & Disease Stories | 31% |
Percentages are BookFrontier’s reading of the book.
Publisher categories
- YA Stories About Parents
- YA Illness & Disease Stories
- Death & Grief for Teens
- Authors
- Abby Sher
- Publisher
- Square Fish
- Published
- February 18, 2020
- Format
- Ebook
- Reading lane
- YA Stories About Parents