“A rare and powerful novel, How to Make Friends with the Dark dives deep into the heart of grief and healing with honesty, empathy, and grace.”
—KAREN M. McMANUS, New York Times bestselling author of One of Us Is Lying and Two Can Keep a Secret
“In this raw, powerful, and heartbreaking meditation on loss and grief, Glasgow writes with unflinching beauty. We meet Tiger Tolliver at her most broken—at her darkest moment—and yet, somehow, How to Make Friends with the Dark teaches us how to let the light in.”
—JULIE BUXBAUM, New York Times bestselling author of Tell Me Three Things
“How to Make Friends with the Dark is breathtaking and heartbreaking, and I loved it with all my heart. It’s for all of us who have loved and lost and need to find our power again.”
—JENNIFER NIVEN, New York Times bestselling author of All the Bright Places and Holding Up the Universe
“A bold, fearlessly crafted story of loss and love. Kathleen Glasgow’s prose commands the page with its trademark beauty and grace, and Tiger Tolliver is a character readers will root for every step of the way—and won’t soon forget.”
—COURTNEY SUMMERS, New York Times bestselling author of Sadie
“Kathleen Glasgow is the rare type of skilled storyteller that knows you have to hurt your characters before putting them back together. I loved every word of this lyrical and devastating novel.”
—KARA THOMAS, author of The Cheerleaders
“A book as fierce, tender, and rare as its aptly named heroine, Tiger. How to Make Friends with the Dark is a gorgeously nuanced meditation on grief and family, and the incredible love that can pull you through the darkest of times.”
—MEG LEDER, author of Letting Go of Gravity
“Beautifully written and profoundly moving. From page one, Tiger Tolliver grabs your heart with her pain, her courage, her humor—and she doesn’t let go. Tiger, Cake, and Thaddeus (and Mae-Lynn, and Shayna, and Lupe, and LaLa, and Sarah, and Leonard, and June…all of Glasgow’s deeply wrought characters) will stay with me for a long time to come.”
—ALYSSA SHEINMEL, New York Times bestselling author of A Danger to Herself and Others
“Tiger Tolliver is so vulnerable and real, you’ll want to turn your porch light on and have the spare room ready for her. In How to Make Friends with the Dark, Kathleen Glasgow’s prose begs and pleads and grasps at the light, like a prayer.”
—LYGIA DAY PEÑAFLOR, author of All of This Is True and Unscripted Joss Byrd
“Lyrical, devastating, witty and raw—this is Kathleen Glasgow at her best. Her fans will not be disappointed to fall in love with Tiger Tolliver, no matter how much she breaks their hearts.”
—BONNIE-SUE HITCHCOCK, author of The Smell of Other People’s Houses
“A visceral, gut-wrenching, and heartbreaking take on the grieving process. I cried within the first fifty pages. You’ll want to hug Tiger and never let her go. Kathleen has done it again!”
—TIFFANY JACKSON, author of Allegedly and Monday’s Not Coming
“Magnificent. A beautiful, heartbreaking alleluia to survival.”
—BRENDAN KIELY, New York Times bestselling coauthor of All American Boys and author of Tradition
“This story hauls you into its heart to live the pain in all its careening, messy, and miraculous glory. A brilliant, honest, raw look at what it really means to lose someone essential and make grudging peace with what is gained in the exchange. You will never forget Tiger Tolliver. Not ever.”
—ESTELLE LAURE, author of But Then I Came Back and This Raging Light
“Gripping, powerful, and full of truth—an emotional level many novelists strive to reach, but few achieve.”
—KAMI GARCIA, #1 New York Times bestselling coauthor of Beautiful Creatures and author of Broken Beautiful Hearts