You’d Be Home Now

Description

Title: You’d Be Home Now
Author: Kathleen Glasgow
Publisher: Rock the Boat, 2021
Format: Paperback
Language: English
ISBN-13: 9781786079695

You’d Be Home Now by Kathleen Glasgow is a young adult contemporary fiction novel published by Rock the Boat. The story follows Emmy, a girl who has always been seen as the quiet, obedient, reliable one in her family.

Emmy is not expected to be strong-willed like her sister Maddie or troubled like her brother Joey, who has been in rehab. But after a tragic accident changes life in their small town, Emmy is pushed into holding things together while dealing with her own hidden feelings and pressures.

The novel explores addiction, family expectations, trauma, friendship, love, silence, and the struggle to find your voice. It is well suited for older teen readers who are ready for emotionally intense contemporary YA fiction about difficult family realities and personal resilience.