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You'd Be Home Now
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Overview
You’d Be Home Now (2021), inspired by author Katherine Glasgow’s own experiences with addiction and recovery, tells the story of Emory Ward whose brother is addicted to opioids. After a tragic car accident that leaves one person dead and another in jail, Emory, healing from her wounds, must manage her brother’s recovery while treading the murky waters of high school life. New York Times bestselling author Kathleen Glasgow is known for her young adult fiction that addresses emotional subject matter. Her debut novel, Girl in Pieces (2016), which discusses self-harm, received the Amelia Bloomer Book List prize. Glasgow is also Glasgow of How to Make Friends with the Dark (2019) and the co-author of The Agathas series (2022-23).
The source material comes from the 2021 Delacorte Press eBook edition.
Content Warning: The source material contains discussion of substance abuse, overdose, self-harm, and suicide.
Plot Summary
Despite her family’s generational wealth from owning a textile mill, Emory Ward spends most of her sophomore year of high school covering up her brother Joey’s struggle with addiction. That summer, she attends a party and discovers that Joey overdosed on opioids. Candy Sinclair begs Emory for a ride home, but since Emory has been drinking, Joey's friend Luther drives them home.
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