EAN: 9781982130053

ALL THE WATER IN THE WORLD - KAREN RANEY KARTON...

A stunning debut novel about a teenage girl and her mother as they grapple with first love 
family secrets  and tragedy. Maddy is sixteen. Smart  funny  and profound  she has loyal
friends  a mother with whom she's unusually close  a father she's never met  devoted
grandparents  and a crush on a boy named Jack. Maddy also has cancer. Living in the shadow of
uncertainty  she is forced to grow up fast. All the Water in the World is the story of a family
doing its best when faced with the worst. Told in the alternating voices of Maddy and her
mother  Eve  the narrative moves between the family's lake house in Pennsylvania  their home in
Washington  DC  and London  where Maddy's father  Antonio  lives. Hungry for experience  Maddy
seeks out her first romantic relationship  finds solace in music and art  and tracks down
Antonio. She continually tests the depths and limits of her closeness with her mother  while
Eve has to come to terms with the daughter she only partly knows  in a world she can't control.
With unforgettable voices that range from tender to funny  despairing to defiant  this novel
illuminates the transformative power of love  humor  and hope.

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