The Ugly and Wonderful Things: A Novel

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

All the Ugly and Wonderful Things by Bryn Greenwood is a powerful novel that challenges our understanding of love. This beautiful and provocative love story is set against the backdrop of a Midwestern meth lab and follows the unlikely relationship between two people who find solace in each other.

Wavy, the daughter of a drug dealer, has learned not to trust anyone, including her own family. She takes on the responsibility of caring for her younger brother, Donal, and finds comfort in gazing at the stars in the night sky. However, a chance encounter with a motorcycle wreck leads her to an unusual friendship with Kellen, one of her father's associates, who is a tattooed ex-con with a kind heart.

As Wavy grows into her teenage years, her bond with Kellen becomes the only source of tenderness in a world filled with addiction and chaos. When tragedy strikes her family, Wavy's well-meaning aunt intervenes, bringing their unconventional relationship under the harsh scrutiny of the outside world.

This novel has been hailed as one of the top ten hottest reads of 2016 by the New York Daily News and received accolades from the St. Louis Post Dispatch as one of the best books of the year. With its captivating storytelling and thought-provoking narrative, All the Ugly and Wonderful Things is a book that will stay with readers long after they have turned the final page.

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