More Happy Than Not

by Adam Silvera Narrated by Ramon De Ocampo

Overview

In his twisty, gritty, profoundly moving debut-called “mandatory reading” by the New York Times-Adam Silvera brings to life a charged, dangerous near-future summer in the Bronx.

In the months after his father's suicide, it's been tough for 16-year-old Aaron Soto to find happiness again-but he's still gunning for it. With the support of his girlfriend Genevieve and his overworked mom, he's slowly remembering what that might feel like. But grief and the smile-shaped scar on his wrist prevent him from forgetting completely.

When Genevieve leaves for a couple of weeks, Aaron spends all his time hanging out with this new guy, Thomas. Aaron's crew notices, and they're not exactly thrilled. But Aaron can't deny the happiness Thomas brings or how Thomas makes him feel safe from himself, despite the tensions their friendship is stirring with his girlfriend and friends. Since Aaron can't stay away from Thomas or turn off his newfound feelings for him, he considers turning to the Leteo Institute's revolutionary memory-alteration procedure to straighten himself out, even if it means forgetting who he truly is.

Why does happiness have to be so hard?

“Silvera managed to leave me smiling after totally breaking my heart. Unforgettable.”-Becky Albertalli, author of Simon vs. The Homo Sapiens Agenda

A Booklist Editor's Choice of 2015 ¿ Finalist: ABA Best Young Adult Novel ¿ Los Angeles Public Library Best Teen Books of 2015 ¿ Paste Magazine's #1 YA Novel of 2015

Editorial Reviews

The New York Times Book Review - Ginia Bellafante

…a beautiful debut novel…Silvera captures [Aaron's Bronx universe] with a precision that feels at once dreamy and casually reportorial…More Happy Than Not is, in the simplest interpretation, a novel of self-acceptance…But it also tells us something else: that misery, while it is always available to be romanticized (and, of course, romanticizing misery remains a default position for countless 15-year-olds), is at the same time something that cannot be disposed of. That sounds as if it might lead to trite messaging along the lines of "All that makes us suffer makes us stronger." But what Silvera is saying is different, and profound: Hardship should always be kept close, so that we know happiness when we find it.

Product Details

BN ID:	2940170729999
Publisher:	Recorded Books, LLC
Publication date:	06/02/2015
Edition description:	Unabridged

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It turns out the Leteo procedure isn’t bullshit.
(Continues…)

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