How to Make Friends with the Dark - by Kathleen Glasgow (Paperback)

About the Book

Originally published in hardcover in the United States by Delacorte Press, an imprint of Random House Children's Books, in 2019.

Book Synopsis

From the New York Times bestselling author of Girl in Pieces comes a novel about love and loss and learning how to continue when it feels like you're surrounded by darkness.

"A rare and powerful novel." --Karen M. McManus, New York Times bestselling author of One of Us Is Lying and Two Can Keep a Secret

Tiger's life changed with a simple phone call. Her mother has died. That's when darkness descended on her otherwise average life.

Tiger's mother never talked about her father, and with no grandparents or aunts or uncles, her world is packed into a suitcase and moved to a foster home. And another. And another. Until hope surfaces in the shape of . . . a sister?

Sometimes family comes in forms you don't recognize. But can Tiger learn to make friends with the darkness before it swallows her whole?

"Stunning and beautifully written."-HelloGiggles

"Breathtaking and heartbreaking." --Jennifer Niven, New York Times bestselling author of All the Bright Places

Review Quotes

"A rare and powerful novel [that] dives deep into the heart of grief and healing with honesty, empathy, and grace." --Karen M. McManus, New York Times bestselling author of One of Us Is Lying

"In this raw, powerful, and heartbreaking meditation on loss and grief, Glasgow writes with unflinching beauty. We meet Tiger Tolliver at her most broken--at her darkest moment--and yet, somehow, [she] teaches us how to let the light in." --Julie Buxbaum, New York Times bestselling author of Tell Me Three Things

"Breathtaking and heartbreaking, and I loved it with all my heart." --Jennifer Niven, New York Times bestselling author of All the Bright Places

"A bold, fearlessly crafted story of loss and love. Glasgow's prose commands the page with its trademark beauty and grace, and Tiger Tolliver is a character readers will root for every step of the way." --Courtney Summers, New York Times bestselling author of Sadie

"Glasgow is the rare type of skilled storyteller that knows you have to hurt your characters before putting them back together. I loved every word of this lyrical and devastating novel." --Kara Thomas, author of The Cheerleaders

"Gripping, powerful, and full of truth." --Kami Garcia, #1 New York Times bestselling coauthor of Beautiful Creatures

"A visceral, gut-wrenching, and heartbreaking take on the grieving process." --Tiffany Jackson, author of Monday's Not Coming

"Magnificent. A beautiful, heartbreaking alleluia to survival." --Brendan Kiely, New York Times bestselling author of All American Boys

"A book as fierce, tender, and rare as its aptly named heroine, Tiger. A gorgeously nuanced meditation on grief and family, and the incredible love that can pull you through the darkest of times." --Meg Leder, author of Letting Go of Gravity

"Beautifully written and profoundly moving. From page one, Tiger Tolliver grabs your heart with her pain, her courage, her humor--and she doesn't let go." --Alyssa Sheinmel, New York Times bestselling author of A Danger to Herself and Others

"So vulnerable and real....Glasgow's prose begs and pleads and grasps at the light, like a prayer." --Lygia Day Peñaflor, author of All of This Is True

"Lyrical, devastating, witty and raw--this is Glasgow at her best." --Bonnie-Sue Hitchcock, author of The Smell of Other People's Houses

"This story hauls you into its heart to live the pain in all its careening, messy, and miraculous glory. A brilliant, honest, raw look at what it really means to lose someone essential and make grudging peace with what is gained in the exchange." --Estelle Laure, author of This Raging Light

"Stunning and beautifully written."-HelloGiggles

"A powerful reminder that no amount of depression or isolation is insurmountable for strong, resilient women." -Forbes

★ "An honest and extremely harrowing read."-BookPage, Starred Review

"Visceral and traumatic, pulsing with ache, ...[this is] a gritty, raw account of surviving tragedy one minute at a time."--Kirkus Reviews

"[A] standout....Tiger's distinctive, haunting voice will be hard to forget."--Booklist

About the Author

Kathleen Glasgow's first novel was the New York Times bestselling novel Girl in Pieces. How to Make Friends with the Dark is her second novel. She lives and writes in Tucson, Arizona. To learn more about Kathleen and her writing, visit her website, kathleenglasgowbooks.com, or follow @kathglasgow on Twitter and @misskathleenglasgow on Instagram.