This stunning debut novel about grief and wonder was an instant New York Times bestseller and captured widespread critical acclaim, including selection as a 2015 National Book Award finalist!After her best friend dies in a drowning accident, Suzy is convinced that the true cause of the tragedy must have been a rare jellyfish sting. Things don't just happen for no reason. Retreating into a silent world of imagination, she c...

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Smart, sublime, and wickedly clever, The Smash-Up captures—then transcends—our current polarized moment“An exhilarating ride . . . hilarious . . . a modern and energetic story about a marriage on the skids.”—The New York TimesEthan has always been one of the good guys, and for years, nobody has appreciated this fact more than his wife, Zo. Until now. Jolted into activism by the 2016 election, Zo’s transfor...

It's peculiar how no-words can be better than words. How silence can say more than noise, or a person's absence can occupy even more space than their presence did.Suzy is twelve when her best friend, Franny, drowns one summer at the beach. It takes two days for the news to reach Suzy, and it's not something that she can accept: Franny has always been a strong swimmer, from the day they met in swim class when they were just five. How can someone all of a sudden, just no lon...

Suzy Swanson está quase certa do real motivo da morte de Franny Jackson. Todos dizem que não há como ter certeza, que algumas coisas simplesmente acontecem. Mas Suzy sabe que deve haver uma explicação — uma explicação científica — para que Franny tenha se afogado. Assombrada pela perda de sua ex-melhor amiga — e pelo momento final e terrível entre elas —, Suzy se refugia no mundo silencioso de sua imaginação. Convencida de que a morte de Franny foi causada pela ferroada de uma água-viva, e...

In this acclaimed novel by the author of the award-winning, bestselling The Thing About Jellyfish, being the new kid at school isn't easy, especially when you have to follow in the footsteps of a legendary classroom prankster.When Caitlyn Breen begins her disorienting new life at Mitchell School--where the students take care of real live goats and study long-dead philosophers, and where there are only ten other students in the entire seventh grade--it seem...

This stunning debut novel about grief and wonder was an instant New York Times bestseller and captured widespread critical acclaim, including selection as a 2015 National Book Award finalist!After her best friend dies in a drowning accident, Suzy is convinced that the true cause of the tragedy must have been a rare jellyfish sting--things don't just happen for no reason. Retreating into a silent world of imagination, she crafts a plan to prove her theory--even if i...

AN OF-THE-MOMENT NOVEL FOR READERS OF FLEISHMAN IS IN TROUBLE**'Timely, risky and dazzling' Polly Clark, author of Tiger'Sharply funny, perceptive, and surprising at every turn, The Smash-Up is a story that's acid-etched and full of heart, intimate, and relevant' Amy Bloom, New York Times bestselling author of White Houses and Away'Every woman should read this book. Every woman, every feminist, every acti...

In this acclaimed novel by the author of the award-winning, bestselling The Thing About Jellyfish, being the new kid at school isn't easy, especially when you have to follow in the footsteps of a legendary classroom prankster.When Caitlyn Breen begins her disorienting new life at Mitchell School--where the students take care of real live goats and study long-dead philosophers, and where there are only ten other students in the entire seventh grade--it seem...

**'Timely, risky and dazzling' Polly Clark, author of Tiger'Sharply funny, perceptive, and surprising at every turn, The Smash-Up is a story that's acid-etched and full of heart, intimate, and relevant' Amy Bloom, New York Times bestselling author of White Houses and Away'Every woman should read this book. Every woman, every feminist, every activist' Jane Harris, author of Orange Prize shortliste...

Smart, sublime, and wickedly clever, The Smash-Up captures—then transcends—our current polarized moment“An exhilarating ride . . . hilarious . . . a modern and energetic story about a marriage on the skids.”—The New York TimesEthan has always been one of the good guys, and for years, nobody has appreciated this fact more than his wife, Zo. Until now. Jolted into activism by the 2016 election, Zo’s transfor...

Varm og rørende roman til mellemgruppen om gopler og stjernestøv, men også venskab, håb og tilgivelse.Nogle hjerter slår kun omkring 412 millioner gange. Hvilket kan lyde af ret meget. Men faktisk bliver det ikke engang til 12 år.Suzy Swanson (Zu) har altid vidst ting, som andre ikke ved. Hun kan redegøre for myrers søvnmønstre. Hun ved, at der er 150 millioner mennesker på verdensplan, der hvert år bliver forbrændt af gopler. Hun ved, at det gennemsnitlige skolebarn har omk...