Little, Brown & Company (May 2016)
From the bestselling author of The Silver Linings Playbook comes a heartfelt and unexpected novel in the vein of The Perks of Being a Wallflower.
Nanette O’Hare is an unassuming teen who has played the role of dutiful daughter, hard-working student, and star athlete for as long as she can remember. But when a beloved teacher gives her his worn copy of The Bubblegum Reaper—the mysterious, out-of-print cult-classic—the rebel within Nanette awakens.
As she befriends the reclusive author, falls in love with a young troubled poet, and attempts to insert her true self into the world with wild abandon, Nanette learns the hard way that sometimes rebellion comes at a high price.
A celebration of the self and the formidable power of story, Every Exquisite Thing is Matthew Quick at his finest.
– The Weinstein Company is developing EVERY EXQUISITE THING for film – Ted Melfi to adapt and direct
– PW KidsCast: A Conversation with Matthew Quick
– Publishers Weekly Best Summer Books 2016
– YALSA’s 2017 Best Fiction for Young Adults
– Booklist Best Fiction for Young Adults: 2017
– Junior Library Guild selection
– 2017 Texas Tayshas Reading List pick
– 2018 North Carolina School Library Media Association YA Book Award Nominee
– Translated into Dutch, German, Spanish, Portuguese (Portugal and Brazil), French, Polish, Turkish, Italian, Russian, and published in the UK by Headline
– Little, Brown School & Library Educator’s Guide
