Darcy’s emergence from her protective shell of fictional characters and worlds creates an emotional journey. “In this complex romance, debut author Namey paints a painfully realistic portrait of a teen playing an adult role in a dysfunctional family. Through her story, Darcy articulates the importance and transcendence of words with which many readers will identify… For fans of Katie Cotugno, John Green, and Melina Marchetta, this will be a reader favorite.” –School Library Journal “This book is, first and foremost, a gentle love letter to books and book lovers. Book lovers will find Namey’s story especially compelling because, in Darcy, they’ll find a kindred spirit.” –Booklist Though the romance is appropriately sweet, it’s Darcy’s family dynamics-the war waging within her between love and resentment, the desperation to cling to loyalty while running toward independence-that sets the book apart. “ The Library of Lost Things is a compelling family drama with a literary through line that will delight bibliophiles-a classic lit quote begins every chapter, and Darcy works in a bookstore. “A sweet romance from a debut author to watch…Taylor Namey’s portrayal of mental illness is thoughtful and well executed, and the characterizations of even background characters are fully developed.” – Kirkus Reviews Winner: 2020 CLCSC Peggy Miller Award for Young Adult Literature OTHER RETAILERS WHERE YOU CAN FIND MY BOOK! Harlequin Google Play But securing her own happily ever after will mean she’ll need to stop hiding and start living her own truth-even if it’s messy.
Still, after spending her whole life keeping people out, something about Asher makes Darcy want to open up. Fairy tales are one thing, but real love makes her want to hide inside her carefully constructed ink-and-paper bomb shelter. For the first time in her life, Darcy can’t seem to find the right words. While Darcy is struggling to survive beneath the weight of her mother’s compulsive shopping, Asher Fleet, a former teen pilot with an unexpectedly shattered future, walks into the bookstore where she works…and straight into her heart. But when a new property manager becomes more active in the upkeep of their apartment complex, the only home Darcy has ever known outside of her books suddenly hangs in the balance. There, she can avoid the crushing reality of her mother’s hoarding, and pretend her life is simply ordinary. From the moment she first learned to read, literary genius Darcy Wells has spent most of her time living in the worlds of her books.
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