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I was recently asked about the opioid crisis on a medical school interview. I answered from my perspective in healthcare and outside knowledge of the matter. I feel like this book gave me an insider‘s insight and I'm thankful for it.
I had a hard time getting into it at first, spent 6 days reading until 45 % and 1 day reading the rest. This book is beyond addiction, it is about parenting, siblings, friendship, bullying, unconditional love, and +.

Unputdownable and eye-opening story of how opioid addiction of a teen boy affects a family of 5, from the POV of his younger sister. It‘s heartbreaking holding onto hope when that‘s all you CAN do. Complex dynamics, loss, grief, and adolescence.

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Sometimes the hardest battles are the ones we fight within ourselves.

You could use the book as a starting point for conversations about grief. Encourage students to share their thoughts or experiences (if comfortable) and discuss healthy ways to cope with loss. This can help normalize the topic and promote emotional literacy.

“You'd Be Home Now“ is a heartfelt and poignant novel that delves into the complexities of family dynamics, loss, and the struggle for identity. The story follows a teenager grappling with the aftermath of a loved one‘s death and the impact it has on her relationships and sense of self.

“a star is mighty good company“

“Sometimes the hardest battles are the ones we fight within ourselves.”

Good book not for kids, but shows how drugs effect everyone

You could use the book as a starting point for conversations about grief. Encourage students to share their thoughts or experiences (if comfortable) and discuss healthy ways to cope with loss. This can help normalize the topic and promote emotional literacy.

You'd Be Home Now by Kathleen Glasgow, is a story told through a little girls eyes, when her family get into a car crash. Her brother is addicted to drugs and ends up being in rehab and is gone for 3 months. Once he comes home they have to re adjust to his presence, but the family puts up a front as if nothing happened.

“You'd Be Home Now“ is a heartfelt and poignant novel that delves into the complexities of family dynamics, loss, and the struggle for identity. The story follows a teenager grappling with the aftermath of a loved one‘s death and the impact it has on her relationships and sense of self.

This is a fast paced book that follows the youngest sister of three who has a brother who a drug addict. After getting into a tough accident, the brother is sent to rehab.
The story is very entertaining and with relatively simple wording. However, it is about a tough subject that may be triggering to children.

Heartbreaking book. Classified as YA, and I‘d say it fits that mainly because the main character is a teenager….. but wow, the subject matter tackled here is intense and heavy and heartbreaking. I thought it was a really spot on book about addiction - about the addict of course, but also about the “collateral damage” to his/her family and friends. Powerful. #TBRtarot for January (book starting with You)

4,5/5 ⭐

Una commovente storia di dipendenza raccontata dal punto di vista di chi vuole bene a un tossicodipendente.

Amazing book on addiction from the viewpoint of a loving family member. Close family goes through just as much if not more mental anguish as the addict. I love that this book captured this heart wrenching relationship and brought the reader along in the beautiful process.

This is a great YA book about dealing with addiction in a family. I couldn‘t stop reading it. It‘s compelling, and the voice of the teenage narrator is authentic.

I've never related to a sentence more!

time to start reading by the tree🎄😁

This gut-wrenching story is so raw and real and genuinely beautiful and honest and stunning and lovely. I am bad at articulating words. This book, Emory and Joey's stories, have taken all of my breaths away.

Just as poignant on a #reread. I just wanted to scream at Emmy and Joey's parents the whole time like I was watching a car crash, but that just goes to show how real the portrayals are. #yalit

This book was a gut punch, but a necessary one. I was rooting for Emmy and Joey every step of the way, even when their decisions made me want to cry. A truthful yet hopeful picture of addiction and what it does to both the user and their loved ones. #yalit

Takes you on the full roller coaster ride of emotions!

Emory is a teenager who is the center of gossip in her high school. She and her brother, Joey, now preparing to return home from rehab for drug use, were involved in the car crash that killed Candy MontClaire. Now being the good one, Emory‘s parents expect her to look out for Joey.

But you have to want to be helped to BE helped, right?

A book filled with love, struggles and ultimately hope.

You'd Be Home Now By Kathleen Glasglow is a beautiful story about the struggles and addiction to drugs. When Emorys brother is released from rehab after a fatal accident that put him there Emory does everything she can to make Joey feel normal. But everything is not normal. Her family, school even her friends are a struggle. Then thinks go bad to worse. Kathleen Glasglow writes to make you feel every struggle and hard ache. I loved this book.