The Burning Side Algonquin Young Readers What she doesn’t anticipate is

What she doesn’t anticipate is the bombshell that awaits her at her new home in the German countryside: the sullen teenaged girl next door—a Lightning Bottles superfan—who claims to have proof that not only is Elijah still alive

Jennifer Weiner

and he will do anything to get what he wants

But after their best friends’ wedding leads to them waking up together in a freezing motel room with questionable wiring and a broken shower

When Mary Louise abruptly moves out

The Burning Side Algonquin Young Readers What she doesn’t anticipate isFrom the author of The Bright Years, the story of April and Leo, a couple on the brink of collapse. When their house goes up in flames, family secrets and thorny histories emerge as they are forced to decide what is worth salvaging. When April and Leo's house burns in the middle of the night, they escape with their two young children and the quiet knowledge that the fire is not the only thing threatening their family. They retreat to April's childhood