Far From The Tree

WINNER OF THE US NATIONAL BOOK AWARD 2017 FOR YOUNG PEOPLE'S LITERATURE!'Sometimes family hurts each other But after that's done you bandage each other up and you move on Together So you can go and think that you're some lone wolf but you're not You've got us now like it or not and we've got you' When 16 year-old Grace gives up her baby for adoption she decides that the time has come to find out more about her own biological mother Although her biological mum proves elusive her search leads her to two half-siblings she never knew existed Maya 15 has been adopted by wealthy parents and seems to have the picture-perfect family - that is if you look past her alcoholic mother and the fact that Maya stands out like a sore thumb Older brother Joaquin hasn't been so lucky At 18 he's shuffled
between foster home after foster home always careful never to get attached to anyone or anything because it always gets taken away When these three siblings come together they find in themselves the place they can belong while the secrets they guard threaten to explodeFor fans of John Green Rainbow Rowell and Nicola Yoon Far From the Tree is a raw compelling and ultimately uplifting story of what it means to be family 'Benway's unforgettable novel explores the paradoxes and entanglements of unconventional families It's a melodrama to be sure but with as much brain as heart Benway writes with remarkable control and has the rare talent of almost vanishing as an author as she inhabits each character's perspective' The New York Times'Family issues are neither airbrushed nor oversimplified From
the first page to the last this compassionate funny moving compulsively readable novel about what makes a family gets it right' Kirkus Reviews 'Equally heartwarming and heart-wrenching Benway delves into the souls of these characters as they wrestle to overcome feelings of inadequacy abandonment and betrayal gradually coming to understand themselves and each other' Publishers Weekly 'Far from the Tree is the kind of book that strikes close to a reader's heart I had to know what happened to Grace Maya and Joaquin and I couldn't turn the pages fast enough Beautiful' Ally Condie author of The Matched Trilogy 'Far From the Tree is a touching story about the strength and love of unconventional families and the unbreakable bond of siblings near and far Robin Benway's characters are authentically
crafted full of heart hurt and hope' Brandy Colbert author of Pointe and Little & Lion In the eloquent confidence of its life-embracing argument the book really is something special' The Wall Street Journal Praise for Emmy & Oliver 'Robin Benway writes with her full heart Emmy & Oliver is a genuinely sweet and funny novel bursting with the inextinguishable forces of love-between parents and children distant and inseparable friends new and reunited lovers' Stephanie Perkins New York Times bestselling author of Isla and the Happily Ever After 'Emmy & Oliver is wonderful Funny heartbreaking and true Robin Benway has written characters I felt like I'd known forever and was so sad to see go A must-read' Morgan Matson author of Since You've Been Gone