All the Ugly and Wonderful Things: A Novel

• A New York Times and USA Today bestseller and 2016 Book of the Year from the Book of the Month Club - Second Place for Goodreads Best Fiction of 2016

All the Ugly and Wonderful Things is a beautiful and provocative love story set against the backdrop of a Midwestern meth lab, featuring two unlikely people and the hard-won relationship that elevates them.

Wavy, the daughter of a drug dealer, knows better than to trust people, even her own parents. To stay safe, she keeps silent and out of sight while raising her little brother, Donal. Eight-year-old Wavy is the only responsible adult around. Her passion for constellations brings her peace, until a night of star gazing leads to an accident. After witnessing a motorcycle wreck, Wavy forms an unusual friendship with one of her father's thugs, Kellen, 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 of addicts and debauchery. When tragedy tears Wavy's family apart, a well-meaning aunt intervenes, and what appears beautiful to Wavy is judged harshly by the outside world. All the Ugly and Wonderful Things is a powerful novel that challenges our beliefs about love and is impossible to forget.

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