Author: Emily Spurr
Genre: Contemporary/Coming of Age
Release Date: August 24, 2021
Publisher: Berkley
Description:
A bursting,
heartfelt, debut following fifty-five days in the life of ten-year-old
Rae, who must look after herself and her dog when her mother disappears.
For
as long as Rae can remember, it’s been her and Mum, and their dog,
Splinter; a small, deliberately unremarkable, family. They have their
walks, their cooking routines, their home. Sometimes Mum disappears for a
while to clear her head but Rae is okay with this, because Mum always
comes back.
So, when Rae wakes to Splinter’s nose in her face,
the back door open, and no Mum, she does as she’s always done and
carries on. She takes care of the house, goes to school, walks Splinter,
and minds her own business—all the while pushing down the truth she
isn’t ready to face.
That is, until her grumpy, lonely neighbor
Lettie—with her own secrets and sadness—falls one night and needs Rae’s
help. As the two begin to rely on each other, Rae’s anxiety intensifies
as she wonders what will happen to her when her mother’s absence is
finally noticed and her fragile world bursts open.
A Million
Things transforms a gut-wrenching story of abandonment and what it’s
like to grow up in a house that doesn’t feel safe into an astonishing
portrait of resilience, mental health, and the families we make and how
they make us in return.
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