Everything's Not FineAuthor: Sarah J. Carlson
Genre: YA Contemporary
Release Date: May 26, 2020
Publisher: Turner Publishing
Synopsis:
Seventeen-year-old Rose Hemmersbach aspires to break out of small town Sparta, Wisconsin and achieve her artistic dreams at Belwyn School for the Arts after she graduates. Painting is Rose’s escape from her annoying younger siblings and her family’s one rule: ignore the elephant in the room, because talking about it makes it real. That is, until the day Rose finds her mother dying on the kitchen floor of a heroin overdose. Kneeling beside her, Rose pleads with the universe to find a heartbeat. She does – but when her mother is taken to the hospital, the troubles are just beginning. Rose and her dad are left to pick up the pieces. Now all that matters are her siblings.
Rose doesn’t have room to do her schoolwork, let alone pick up a paintbrush. Until Rose is forced to do the homecoming mural with Rafa, a new senior at Sparta High. Rose and Rafa don’t have an ounce of school spirit between them, but Rose discovers her brain still has room to paint.
As Rose fights to hold everything together, and her dreams of the future start to slip from her grasp, she must face the question of what happens when – if – her mom comes home again. And if, deep down, if Rose even wants her to.
Sarah
J. Carlson writes contemporary YA that delves into complex, real world
problems. Professionally, she is a school psychologist who works
primarily with a diverse, mostly low income population. Her professional
focus is around supporting the success of children with behavioral and
mental health needs and helping to promote resilience in children who
have been exposed to trauma or toxic stress. Sarah lives outside
Madison, Wisconsin with her husband, two young children, and two
energetic terriers.
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