Today I'm incredibly excited to announce Dancing
Cat Books, an imprint of Canadian publisher Cormorant
Books, is going to publish my new contemporary YA book,
The Sweetest Thing You Can Sing! It will hit shelves
in Canada this coming fall and I'm beginning the editing
process in January.
In essence The Sweetest Thing You Can Sing is about the difficulties fifteen-year-old Serena has in establishing authentic relationships with boys in a society that both sexualizes and shames young women. Meanwhile she’s also dealing with dysfunctional family dynamics caused by her missing favourite brother, who left the family without a trace when his drug addiction spiralled out of control.
I'll share more as time goes on! But in the meantime, if you don't hear much from me, you'll know why. I can't wait for you to meet Serena!
In essence The Sweetest Thing You Can Sing is about the difficulties fifteen-year-old Serena has in establishing authentic relationships with boys in a society that both sexualizes and shames young women. Meanwhile she’s also dealing with dysfunctional family dynamics caused by her missing favourite brother, who left the family without a trace when his drug addiction spiralled out of control.
Serena has barely begun to enjoy the popularity
that comes with being newly thin and pretty when her basketball
player boyfriend of four months puts her in a compromising
position at a party. It’s not the first time he’s
made her feel somehow wrong but it’s the last—she
swears off the opposite sex. If only fixing her family life
were as easy…...
Serena's consumed with worry for the brother
she was so close to growing up. Even as she searches for
him she’s determined to get her own life together—new
friends, a new part-time job and no more guys—ever.
Until she meets Gage, a temptation she can’t resist
but who brings with him another set of complications.
I'll share more as time goes on! But in the meantime, if you don't hear much from me, you'll know why. I can't wait for you to meet Serena!
