Every Exquisite Thing
Author: Matthew Quick
Didn’t you ever just simply want to…stop?Star athlete and straight-A student Nanette O’Hare has played the role of dutiful daughter for as long as she can remember. But one day, a beloved teacher gives her his worn copy of The Bubblegum Reaper—a mysterious, out-of-print cult classic—and the rebel within Nanette awakens.As the new and outspoken Nanette attempts to insert he….Read More
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