If Tomorrow Doesn't Come: The heartbreaking sapphic YA romance

Author(s): Jen St. Jude

Romance & relationships stories

All the Bright Places meets They Both Die at the End, in this powerful YA debut queer romance about courage, hope and humanity. Avery Byrne has secrets. She's queer; she's in love with her best friend, Cass; and she's suffering from undiagnosed clinical depression. But on the morning Avery plans to jump into the river near her college campus, the world discovers there are only nine days left to live- an asteroid is headed for Earth, and no one can stop it. Trying to spare her family and Cass additional pain, Avery does her best to make it through just nine more days. As time runs out and secrets slowly come to light, Avery would do anything to save the ones she loves. But most importantly, she learns to save herself. Speak her truth. Seek the support she needs. Find hope again in the tomorrows she has left.


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An electric, urgent miracle of a book that asks what--and who--we dare to live for. Avery's story will shatter your heart and fill it with light again. -- Kelly Quindlen, bestselling author of SHE DRIVES ME CRAZY A novel that carves a space in your heart and remains there forever -- Rachael Lippincott, bestselling co-author of SHE GETS THE GIRL Achingly tender and poignantly honest . . . This book is a marvel. -- Adrienne Tooley, author of SWEET & BITTER MAGIC Devastatingly brilliant. -- Leah Johnson, bestselling author of YOU SHOULD SEE ME IN A CROWN Lush, searching, and ultimately full of hope. I loved it. -- Emily M. Danforth, bestselling author of The Miseducation of Cameron Post An absolute life changer - and life saver - of a book -- Dahlia Adler, author of COOL FOR THE SUMMER If Tomorrow Doesn't Come will leave you wanting to read it all over again * The Gay Times *

Jen St. Jude is a Lambda Literary Fellow, who holds creative writing degrees from Colby College and Harvard University Extension School. She works in talent acquisition at Boston Consulting Group and serves as an editor at the Chicago Review of Books, Arcturus Magazine, Burning Worlds - Climate Change in Art & Literature, and Just Femme & Dandy Magazine. Jen grew up in New Hampshire apple orchards but now lives in Chicago with her wife and catlike dog. @jenstjude

General Fields

  • : 9780241627761
  • : Penguin UK
  • : Penguin (General UK)
  • : 0.288
  • : 01 May 2023
  • : 3.5 Centimeters X 12.9 Centimeters X 19.8 Centimeters
  • : books

Special Fields

  • : Jen St. Jude
  • : Jen St. Jude
  • : YFM
  • : YFM
  • : 368
  • : 368
  • : 813.6
  • : 813.6
  • : English
  • : English
  • : Paperback
  • : Paperback