Staff Pick
Amber and Tyler are best friends. Tyler's always been in love with Amber, and wants more than just a friendship, but she's engaged to someone else. One night, after heavy drinking and unabashed flirting, their relationship is suddenly changed forever.
Addressing sexual assault, consent, guilt, accusation, confession, and the ways anxiety affects us, It Happens All the Time goes a bit further than your typical rape story. Exploring the phenomenon of physical pain that passes and can no longer be remembered, and psychological pain that never passes and will always be remembered, Hatvany pens a stark, raw, blistering account of two friends whose lives are ripped apart. Probing the ideas of redemption, honesty, and remorse, Hatvany gives us a heartbreaking, but necessary, book. Recommended By Dianah H., Powells.com
Synopses & Reviews
Synopsis
Master storyteller Amy Hatvany "bravely sheds light on sexual assault" (
Us Weekly) in this compelling story about friendship and consent, perfect for "fans of Jodi Picoult or Diane Chamberlain" (
Library Journal).
I want to rewind the clock, take back the night when the world shattered. I want to erase everything that went wrong.
Amber Bryant and Tyler Hicks have been best friends since they were teenagers--trusting and depending on each other through some of the darkest periods of their young lives. And while Amber has always felt that their relationship is strictly platonic, Tyler has long harbored the secret desire that they might one day become more than friends.
Returning home for the summer after her college graduation, Amber begins spending more time with Tyler than she has in years. Despite the fact that Amber is engaged to her college sweetheart, a flirtation begins to grow between them. One night, fueled by alcohol and concerns about whether she's getting married too young, Amber kisses Tyler.
What happens next will change them forever.
Told "with nuance and compassion" (Kirkus Reviews) in alternating points of view, It Happens All the Time is "a compulsory read for men and women" (Redbook) that will "consume you, drawing you into the very real plight of the main characters and leaving you hoping for a better future for us all" (Buzzfeed).
Synopsis
"Bravely sheds light on sexual assault and consent. In alternating perspectives friends Tyler and Amber recount an alcohol-fueled night that changed the course of their lives." -Us Weekly From master storyteller Amy Hatvany--whose writing has been hailed as "gripping and emotionally honest" (Stephanie Evanovich, New York Times betselling author)-- comes a compelling story about friendship and consent, perfect for "fans of Jodi Picoult or Diane Chamberlain" (Library Journal).
I want to rewind the clock, take back the night when the world shattered. I want to erase everything that went wrong.
Amber Bryant and Tyler Hicks have been best friends since they were teenagers--trusting and depending on each other through some of the darkest periods of their young lives. And while Amber has always felt that their relationship is strictly platonic, Tyler has long harbored the secret desire that they might one day become more than friends.
Returning home for the summer after her college graduation, Amber begins spending more time with Tyler than she has in years. Despite the fact that Amber is engaged to her college sweetheart, a flirtation begins to grow between them. One night, fueled by alcohol and concerns about whether she's getting married too young, Amber kisses Tyler.
What happens next will change them forever.
Told "with nuance and compassion" (Kirkus Reviews) in alternating points of view, It Happens All the Time is "a compulsory read for men and women" (Redbook) that will "consume you, drawing you into the very real plight of the main characters and leaving you hoping for a better future for us all" (Buzzfeed).