What Beauty There Is, Cory Anderson
What Beauty There Is, Cory Anderson
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What Beauty There Is
A Novel

Author: Cory Anderson

Narrator: Dan Bittner, Emma Galvin

Unabridged: 8 hr 44 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 04/06/2021


Synopsis

What Beauty There Is is Cory Anderson's stunning YA novel about brutality and beauty, and about broken people trying to survive—perfect for fans of Patrick Ness, Laura Ruby, and Meg Rosoff.

To understand the truth, you have to start at the beginning.

Winter in Idaho. The sky is dark. It is cold enough to crack bones.

Living in harsh poverty, Jack Dahl is holding his breath. He and his younger brother have nothing—except each other. And now Jack faces a stark choice: lose his brother to foster care or find the drug money that sent his father to prison.

He chooses the money.

Ava Bardem lives in isolation, a life of silence. For seventeen years her father, a merciless man, has controlled her fate. He has taught her to love no one. Now Victor Bardem is stalking the same money as Jack. When he picks up on Jack’s trail, Ava must make her own wrenching choice: remain silent or speak, and help the brothers survive.

Choices. They come at a price.

A Macmillan Audio production from Roaring Brook Press

About Cory Anderson

Cory Anderson is a winner of the League of Utah Writers Young Adult Novel Award and Grand Prize in the Storymakers Conference First Chapter Contest. She lives in Farmington, Utah with her family. What Beauty There Is is her debut novel.

About Dan Bittner

Dan Bittner has narrated dozens of audio books and has starred on stage and on the screen, in movies such as Men in Black, Adventureland, and the Producers: The Movie Musical. He has also appeared onstage as Macbeth Malcolm and Sherlock Holmes in the Edinburgh Fringe Festival. He has narrated popular audio books such as The Eleventh Plague, Hero, and Forever.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Nilufer on December 02, 2023

Wowwww! This book hurt each bone in my body! My heart is ripped by tiny little razor blades! So intense, so heartfelt, so deep, so effective: it shook me to the core. Those beautiful young characters are like Atlas carrying the entire world on their shoulders. Their pain, their struggle, their lonel......more

Goodreads review by Danielle on March 01, 2022

2021 F.A.B. Bookclub pick # I.❤️. F.A.B. Okay, this was a pretty good YA thriller. 🤗 There was some angsty love, crimes, hidden treasure. I was on the edge of my seat, that whole last half. 😱 It was pretty fast paced. Overall, a great read. 👍 I just felt like it ended a bit too soon and left too man......more

Goodreads review by give me books on January 13, 2023

Klimatyczna, mroczna, smutna i trochę brutalna historia, której zakończenie wgniotło mnie w krzesło......more

Goodreads review by Debra on April 03, 2021

"This is one small story in an infinite number. But it is mine." Jack and Matty have only themselves. They have lost everything. Left with only two options, Jack must decide: lose his younger brother Matty to foster care or find the drug money his father hid and went to prison for. Jack chooses t......more

Goodreads review by Joan on March 30, 2021

I don't have many words to describe the experience of this book because it's left me quite speechless. the essence of it feels like a classic but it's also no frills, unpretentious, and so real and raw in how it presents itself. the writing is really something to marvel at and it's amazing how much......more


Awards

  • YALSA William C. Morris - finalist