We Are All So Good at Smiling

Written by Amber McBride

Two teens confront a mysterious forest hiding their shared past and deepest fears.

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291 pages· 23,482 words· Est. 2 hour read· NP0L

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Bookroo's summary

Whimsy, battling clinical depression, meets Faerry, a boy with a mysterious connection to her. As they explore the forest at Marsh Creek Lane, they uncover secrets and fears they've avoided for years. What truths lie within the forest's whispers, and can they face the monsters of their past together?

From the publisher

They Both Die at the End meets The Bell Jar in this haunting, beautiful young adult novel-in-verse about clinical depression and healing from trauma, from National Book Award Finalist Amber McBride. Whimsy is back in the hospital for treatment of clinical depression. When she meets a boy named Faerry, she recognizes they both have magic in the marrow of their bones. And when Faerry and his family move to the same street, the two start to realize that their lifelines may have twined and untwined many times before. They are both terrified of the forest at the end of Marsh Creek Lane. The Forest whispers to Whimsy. The Forest might hold the answers to the part of Faerry he feels is missing. They discover the Forest holds monsters, fairy tales, and pain that they have both been running from for 11 years.

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