Carrie Mac est une conteuse dont l'œuvre navigue aux extrêmes du désastre et de la grâce, des accidents de voiture aux miracles silencieux. Elle possède une perspective unique, profondément fascinée par le catastrophique et le sublime de la vie quotidienne. Son écriture plonge au cœur de l'expérience humaine, révélant une connexion profonde avec le monde et ses habitants. Les récits de Mac sont imprégnés d'un sentiment d'émerveillement et d'un regard intrépide sur la beauté et le chaos qui nous entourent.
Set in a post-apocalyptic world ravaged by zombies, the story follows seventeen-year-old queer twins Eira and Soren as they escape their survivalist upbringing. Their journey highlights the challenges of survival in a dangerous landscape, emphasizing the importance of resilience and the bond between siblings. As they navigate this perilous environment, they must rely on each other to stay alive, facing both external threats and their own identities.
"Teenaged best friends Annie and Pete go on a backpacking trip in the Pacific Northwest, with dangerous consequences." -- (Source of summary not specified)
This is the story of Maeve, who is dealing with anxiety while falling in love with a girl who is not afraid of anything. Think positive. Don’t worry; be happy. Keep calm and carry on. Maeve has heard it all before. She’s been struggling with severe anxiety for a long time, and as much as she wishes it was something she could just talk herself out of, it’s not. She constantly imagines the worst, composes obituaries in her head, and is always ready for things to fall apart. To add to her troubles, her mom—the only one who really gets what Maeve goes through—is leaving for six months, so Maeve will be sent to live with her dad in Vancouver. Vancouver brings a slew of new worries, but Maeve finds brief moments of calm (as well as even more worries) with Salix, a local girl who doesn’t seem to worry about anything. Between her dad’s wavering sobriety, her very pregnant stepmom insisting on a home birth, and her bumbling courtship with Salix, this summer brings more catastrophes than even Maeve could have foreseen. Will she be able to navigate through all the chaos to be there for the people she loves?
Fifteen-year-old Junie is barely coping. Her mother has started sleeping in the chair in front of the TV, and the house is so packed with junk, newspapers, cupboard organizers and other helpful items from the Shopping Channel that she can barely get in the front door. Her father is no help, since he's always with That Woman. To top it off, she's failing math. So when Wade Jaffre, the hot new guy at school, offers her a ride home, it seems too good to be true. Junie surprises herself by accepting - and even talking! She doesn't have to think twice about directing him on to her best friend Tabitha's house, or about continuing the charade of pretending she lives there. Tabitha and her mother are understanding - and willing to go along, for the moment. But as the weeks go by, Junie's lies start piling up and the opportunity to tell the truth seems to slip away. Until the day Junie's world - and her mother's - is literally turned inside out for everyone to see, and Junie and her mother must face the consequences of her mother's illness... and the lies they both told to hide it.
Die siebzehnjährige Hope entdeckt während ihrer Ferien in New York, dass sie sich in Nat verliebt hat – ein Mädchen! Dabei ist sie doch sonst immer mit Jungs ausgegangen …
