A heartbreaking but hope-filled tale about the stories we tell ourselves to survive...
You are strong. You are brave. You are not alone.
Seventeen-year-old Iris is happy. She's fearless, she's strong. She is everything but a girl who lost her mum.
But Iris's dad and step-mum have been keeping a secret. One big enough to unravel her. Only the magnetic Orla can provide an escape, until things get...complicated. As Iris questions who she is, it becomes clear she can't run away from grief.
What happens when someone who has never faced up to the darkness lets it in?
Amy Beashel lives in Shropshire with her husband and two kids. Her debut novel The Sky is Mine was nominated for a CILIP Carnegie Medal 2021, longlisted for the Branford Boase Award 2021 and shortlisted for the Bristol Teen Book Award 2020. Incidentally, she is also the fastest woman in the world on a space hopper.
Title: We Are All Constellations
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ISBN: 9780861540655
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Publisher: Oneworld Publications
Publication Date: 2022-10-06
Number of Pages: 336
Weight: 0.2904 kg
'This beautiful book will floor you and deserves to be on every shelf, everywhere.'
Kathleen Glasgow, author of Girl in Pieces
'I am in complete and utter love with everything Amy Beashel writes, but this one may just be my favourite.'
-- Jennifer Niven, author of All the Bright Places
'So tender, so beautiful, so exquisitely written.'
Simon James Green, author of Gay Club
'An incredibly beautiful and moving book, as full of twists and turns as it is heart and compassion.'
-- Kate Weston, author of Diary of a Confused Feminist
'A beautiful, nuanced and necessary book, handling difficult topics with great skill and without judgement.'
-- Gina Blaxill, author of You Can Trust Me
'This poignant, beautifully written story, with a queer love story at its centre, is about living life to the fullest and how facing painful truths can set you free.'
-- The Bookseller
