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How to Make Friends with the Dark
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
"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
Published: April 9, 2019
Pages: 432
ISBN: 9781101934753
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Liz M.
Apr 27, 2026
This book is beautifully heartbreaking. Going in I knew it was going to pull at my heart strings but I had no idea exactly how much. It is 100% spot on. Nobody tells you how much it is going to suck after losing someone you love. Nobody tells you about “The Big Suck” or how lost, alone, scared you are going to feel afterwards. This is hands down the best book regarding grief I have ever laid my hands on.
I cried 6 times reading this book. Yes 6 times. I took my time in reading it because it deserves a slow read to fully grasp everything.
10/10 recommend. I will definitely be reading this again in the future honestly more than once.
I cried 6 times reading this book. Yes 6 times. I took my time in reading it because it deserves a slow read to fully grasp everything.
10/10 recommend. I will definitely be reading this again in the future honestly more than once.