Ugly and Wonderful Things: A Novel

• New York Times and USA Today bestseller
• Second Place Goodreads Best Fiction of 2016
• Book of the Month Club 2016 Book of the Year

A love story that is beautiful and provocative unfolds between two unlikely people, against the backdrop of a Midwestern meth lab. The hard-won relationship between them elevates them above the harsh circumstances of their lives.

As the daughter of a drug dealer, Wavy has learned not to trust people, including her own parents. Keeping her mouth shut and staying out of sight is the safer option for her. She struggles to look after her little brother, Donal, and as an eight-year-old, Wavy is the only responsible adult in their lives. Obsessed with the constellations, she finds solace in the starry night sky above the fields behind her house, until one night, her stargazing leads to an accident. After witnessing his motorcycle wreck, she forms an unexpected friendship with one of her father's thugs, Kellen, a tattooed ex-convict with a heart of gold.

As Wavy grows into a teenager, her relationship with Kellen becomes the only source of tenderness in a brutal world of addicts and debauchery. When tragedy tears Wavy's family apart, a well-meaning aunt intervenes, and what is beautiful to Wavy appears ugly under the judgment of the outside world. Bryn Greenwood's All the Ugly and Wonderful Things is a powerful novel that challenges our understanding and beliefs about love, and is unlikely to be forgotten.

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