How to Make Friends with the Dark: From the bestselling author of TikTok sensation Girl in Pieces

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When a previously unknown half-sister is discovered, Tiger becomes her charge, and together they reach out to their incarcerated father and try to navigate an uncertain (but hopefully forward-looking) future as a family. Secondary characters feed the narrative and provide balance to Tiger in her journey, which she measures in minutes since her mother’s death. A book as fierce, tender, and rare as its aptly named heroine, Tiger. How to Make Friends with the Dark is a gorgeously nuanced meditation on grief and family, and the incredible love that can pull you through the darkest of times.’ My heart thuds. We don’t have a lot, we never have, but we’ve made do with what my mom makes as the county Bookmobile lady and from helping out at Bonita’s daycare. Come summer, we’ve got the Jellymobile, but that’s another story. Also, the drunk driving scene??? If you read my love updates while going through this scene, I think you can physically feel my hatred of Tiger. What a dumbass thing to do. Sweetie, your sister is possibly dying. Can we save the drunk driving for later? As Tiger processes her grief, her own origin story comes to light. Since her mother’s death, the state tries to find her father and his family – a branch of her life her mother never shared with her – and Tiger has to come to terms with all the secrets and lies her mother told her. How to Make Friends with the Dark manages to touch the spectrum of emotions – grief, anger, fear, and love – within a scene with startling beauty. These moments are tender, insightful, and heart wrenching.

How To Make Friends With The Dark A Series? Is How To Make Friends With The Dark A Series?

There are too many scary things outside world. You may loose your loved ones, you can hurt yourself in several ways. You can lose your possessions, your social circles, your carrier or your dignity, patience, reputation. One of Tiger's many frustrations and fears was being moved from home to home. I also could relate to this. As I said earlier, I am fortunate enough to live with the same family for my entire life. But while I was at the hospital, I was constantly being moved from room to room and the staff was changing. Every time, I felt comfortable with one set of staff, it would switch and I'd have to do it all over again. Tiger’s life changed with a simple phone call. Her mother has died. That’s when darkness descended on her otherwise average life.There is no romance in this young adult contemporary, so be aware of that (some readers will be happy about it I guess)! This book but me with a tsunami of emotions. Stronger than anything a book has ever made me feel in a while. Going into How to Make Friends with the Dark I knew I was dealing with heart hitting, emotional prose that will leave me feel low, but nothing prepared me for the amount of emotions I feltl.

How to Make Friends with the Dark eBook by Kathleen Glasgow How to Make Friends with the Dark eBook by Kathleen Glasgow

Overall, I thought it was fine, even really good at times, but because of the writing, I just really couldn't get into it. You might love it, it might even be your favorite book, but it just wasn't for me. She heaves a great sigh. “Shit,” she says. “Baby! I better get my ass in gear, huh?” She’s standing at the sink, trying to turn on the faucet, but nothing is coming out. “The water’s still crappy? I was hoping that was just a bad dream.” She nods to the faucet. Finally, I love the honesty in this book. Most books about mental health and death do say dumb things like "Things will get better" and "Keep going". This one doesn't. It says that life is hard and that's okay. It's okay to be in pain. The key is learning how to get through it. Girl in pieces" war keine einfache Lektüre für mich, dementsprechend vorsichtig bin ich an " How to make friends with the dark" herangegangen, was sich für mich aber vergleichsweise leichter lesen ließ, da ich mit Tod und Trauer noch nicht so oft in Berührung gekommen bin.But there isn't a single word in the universe that you can think of that would describe the way you feel right now.” She takes a long, grateful sip and then wipes her mouth. She fishes in her purse for a cigarette. “Go get dressed, Tiger. I’ll drop you at school and then I’ve got a lot of things to do. Today is going to be one hell of a day, I promise. Food, Pacheco, the works. I’ll make up for being out of it, okay?” Gripping, powerful, and full of truth.”— Kami Garcia, #1 New York Times bestselling coauthor of Beautiful Creatures