Come as You Are (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9781771682251)

Can we alter our dreams and stories from the past to create a better future for our children?

Zane and Skye are two misfit teens drawn together by their love of music and their loneliness, both part of Seattle's grunge scene in the early '90s. They dream of moving to LA together, Zane's music career following the trajectory of Kurt Cobain and Eddie Vedder, and Skye drawing Picasso-esque portraits on the Venice Beach boardwalk. When a tragedy violently catapults them from best friends to lovers, their bond is forever strengthened and their relationship destroyed. Ten years later, they must come together as parents, putting aside abandoned dreams and broken promises. The question is, can they face the truth of who they are and become the parents their daughter needs them to be?

Author: Jennifer Haupt
ISBN-10: 1771682256
ISBN-13: 9781771682251
Publisher: Central Avenue Publishing
Language: English
Published: 03/01/2022
Pages: 320
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 1.20lbs
Size: 9.06h x 6.06w x 1.18d

Review Citation(s):
Publishers Weekly 01/24/2022
Booklist 02/01/2022 pg. 17
Foreword 02/27/2022

About the Author
Jennifer Haupt's essays and articles have been published in O, The Oprah Magazine, Parenting, The Rumpus, Spirituality & Health, The Sun, and many other publications. She curates the popular Psychology Today blog, "One True Thing," a collection of essays and interviews for authors and readers. Her debut novel, In the Shadow of 10,000 Hills was awarded the Foreword Reviews Indie Award for Historical Fiction. She is also the editor of Alone Together: Stories of Love, Grief, and Comfort During the Time of Covid-19. Come as You Are is Haupt's second novel, and she is currently working on her third novel, set in Haiti.