If Tomorrow Doesn't Come -- Jen St Jude, Hardcover

We Are Okay meets They Both Die at the End in this YA debut about queer first love and mental health at the end of the world-and the importance of saving yourself, no matter what tomorrow may hold.

Avery Byrne has secrets. She's queer; she's in love with her best friend, Cass; and she's suffering from undiagnosed clinical depression. But on the morning Avery plans to jump into the river near her college campus, the world discovers there are only nine days left to live: an asteroid is headed for Earth, and no one can stop it.

Trying to spare her family and Cass additional pain, Avery does her best to make it through just nine more days. As time runs out and secrets slowly come to light, Avery would do anything to save the ones she loves. But most importantly, she learns to save herself. Speak her truth. Seek the support she needs. Find hope again in the tomorrows she has left.

If Tomorrow Doesn't Come is a celebration of queer love, a gripping speculative narrative, and an urgent, conversation-starting book about depression, mental health, and shame.

Author: Jen St Jude
Publisher: Bloomsbury YA
Published: 05/09/2023
Pages: 416
Binding Type: Hardcover
Weight: 1.10lbs
Size: 7.80h x 6.00w x 1.90d
ISBN: 9781547611362
Age Range: 14-17

Review Citation(s):
Kirkus Reviews 03/01/2023
Publishers Weekly 03/06/2023
Bulletin of Ctr for Child Bks 04/01/2023
Booklist 04/01/2023 pg. 59
School Library Journal 05/01/2023 pg. 87

About the Author

Lambda Literary Fellow Jen St. Jude (she/they) grew up in New Hampshire apple orchards and now lives in Chicago with her wife and dog. She holds degrees in creative writing from Colby College and Harvard University Extension School, and has served as an editor for Chicago Review of Books, Just Femme & Dandy, and Arcturus Magazine. When she's not reading or writing, you can find her cheering on the Chicago Sky and Red Stars. If Tomorrow Doesn't Come is her first novel.
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