Come As You Are by Jennifer Haupt

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COME AS YOU ARE

JENNIFER HAUPT

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ALL INFORMATION IN THIS POST IS COURTESY OF THE AUTHOR.

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The question is: Can they face the truth of who they are, and become the parents their daughter needs them to be?

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Watch the trailer here.

 

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PRAISE FOR COME AS YOU ARE:

“Unforgettable characters who struggle with the dreams they ache to come true and the courage it takes to let them go.” –– Caroline Leavitt, With or Without You

“Heartfelt and insightful… a delight to read. –– Jean Kwok, Searching for Sylvie Lee

“An absorbing novel of adolescent mistakes and grown-up decisions.” — Erica Bauermeister, The Scent Keeper

A “must read for 2022” — Katie Couric Media

“Readers…will be drawn in.” — Booklist

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ABOUT COME AS YOU ARE:

Come as You Are (Central Avenue Publishing, March 2022) is a family drama/love story with a dash of mystery, set in-part against the backdrop of Seattle's grunge music scene in the early '90s.

 

This novel explores the question: Can we alter our stories from the past to create a better future for our children?

 

Zane and Skye are misfit teens drawn together by their love of music and loneliness, growing up in grunge-era Seattle.

 

They dream of moving to L.A. together: Zane’s music career following the trajectory of Kurt Cobain and Skye drawing Picasso-esque portraits on the Venice Beach boardwalk.

 

When a tragedy violently catapults these best friends to lovers, their bond is forever strengthened and their relationship destroyed. 

 

Six years after they part ways, they must come together again, trying to put aside abandoned dreams and broken promises to become the parents their daughter needs them to be.

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ABOUT THE AUTHOR:

Jennifer Haupt is the author of the novels In the Shadow of 10,000 Hills and Come As You Are. 

She's also the editor of Alone Together: Love, Grief, and Comfort in the Time of COVID-19, awarded the 2021 Washington State Book Award for General Nonfiction. 

Her work has been published in O, The Oprah Magazine, Psychology Today, The Rumpus, and other publications, and she curates the popular Psychology Today blog "One True Thing," a collection of essays and interviews for authors and readers.

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