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ID: 763098
Title: What We Wish For
Author: Melody Maysonet
Narrator: Gail Shalan
Format: Unabridged
Length: 09:55:15
Language: English
Release date: 09-17-24
Publisher: Blackstone Audiobooks
Genres: Fiction, Teen
Summary:
From award-winning author Melody Maysonet, What We Wish For is a poignant YA novel that explores one teenagers coming-of-age as she struggles through homelessness, family feuds, and her mothers addiction.
Be careful what you wish for
Fifteen-year-old Layla Freeman likes to pretend her life is fine. After all, her mother is about to celebrate thirty days sober, and yeah, theyve moved into a homeless shelter, but its only temporary, right? Her mom will get better, and in the meantime, its important that no one at school finds out where shes been living for the past month. Layla has worked hard to build her reputation as a girl who doesnt care what others think of her, but the truth is she does caredeeplyand shes tripping over her own lies, especially to her best friend, as she tries to pretend nothings wrong.
With their time at the shelter running out, Layla hatches a plan to get help from her rich aunt and uncle, despite the long-standing feud between their families. When the plan backfires and her mom ends up in the hospital after an overdose, the silver lining is that shes sent to fancy rehabpaid for by Uncle Scott and Aunt Tanya. Layla gets to move into her aunt and uncles mansion while her mom is gone and begins building a tentative friendship with her snobby cousineven as her relationship with her best friend deteriorates.
Armed with new wealth, new relationships, and even a new mother figure, Layla thinks all her dreams have come true But secrets have a way of coming out, and one secret above all threatens to turn her world upside downand destroy her entire family.
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