All the Ugly and Wonderful Things

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they were the kind of people who were better for loving each other, regardless of what some law says.

Bryn Greenwood’s novel All the Ugly and Wonderful Things (2016) acknowledges and inverts the features of fairy tales and romances to depict a relationship that challenges accepted social values and questions the definition of love itself. Because the court bars her from contact, Wavy finds out about Kellen’s release months after it happens. that's not something i usually worry about, but when it's a potentially controvershul book, i get a little leery of being the only target for potential outrage.Her father was a drug dealer who ends up in prison, and as a young girl, she says she dated much older men, starting at age 13. Publication date 2016 Topics Children of drug addicts -- Fiction, Coming of age -- Fiction, FICTION -- Literary, FICTION -- Coming of Age, Children of drug addicts, Family life -- Fiction Publisher New York : Thomas Dunne Books/St. Even now, there’s a part of me that wants to hang my head in shame because when it really boils down to it, I liked this story. Family, teachers, friends, and strangers regard the relationship with trepidation, but no one intervenes.

Grandma blew out a big puff of air, the same way she used to exhale cigarette smoke, and shook her head.ALL THE UGLY AND WONDERFUL THINGS is a romance between a twenty-four-year-old man and a thirteen-year-old girl. What Kellen did was sexual abuse, because he took advantage of a very lonely, abused, and neglected child. Donal had a difficult adolescence and has already spent time in jail, but once Wavy and Kellen rescue him, he begins to move forward.

Gritty, raw and wrong on so many levels, All the Ugly and Wonderful Things brought up feelings I wasn’t prepared for. Greenwood’s emotional prose and her well-drawn characters immediately drew me in and kept me captivated.

Content Warning: This book contains scenes of incarceration, drug use, and intense violence, and its plot centers on a sexualized relationship between an adult and a minor. This is a memorable coming-of-age tale about loyalty, defiance, and the power of love under the most improbable circumstances.

This story lasts fifteen years and is from different points of view, which greatly enriches the story. This truly is a shocking and powerful book that is controversial and will likely be the topic of a lot of debates.My mother always started the story by saying, "Well, she was born in the backseat of a stranger's car," as though that explained why Wavy wasn't normal. In the chaos after the murder, Brenda, Wavy’s cousin Amy, and Liam’s employee Butch walk in on Wavy and Kellen in the garage.