The Careful Undressing of Love
No. of pages 288
Published: 2017
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This book has been graded for interest at 14 years.
There are 288 pages in this book.
It is aimed at Young Adult readers. The term Young Adult (YA) is used for books which have the following characteristics: (1) aimed at ages 12-18 years, US grades 7-12, UK school years 8-15, (2) around 50-75k words long, (3) main character is aged 12-18 years, (4) topics include self-reflection, internal conflict vs external, analyzing life and its meaning, (5) point of view is often in the first person, and (6) swearing, violence, romance and sexuality are allowed.
This book was published in 2017 by Dutton Books for Young Readers .
Corey Ann Haydu is the author of Rules for Stealing Stars and four acclaimed books for teens. She grew up in the Boston area, earned her MFA at the New School, and now lives in Brooklyn, New York, with her dog Oscar. Find out more at www. coreyannhaydu. com.
"The Careful Undressing of Love is a book you relax into. For the first few pages, you're picky, trying to sort Haydu's magical world from our real one, and then it just takes you over. It's weird until it's not, and then it's an examination of love and legacy and family, and the things girls do when we back them into corners and blame them for being there in the first place."--#1 New York Times bestselling author E. K. Johnston
"Haydu explores such themes as differingexpressions of grief, destiny versus free will, the unexamined expectation thata girl will love a boy, and the interrelation (or lack thereof ) between sex and love.The slight magical realism and parallel-world setting add to this wrenching novel's lyricism--and make the pain somewhat easier to bear."--The Horn Book Magazine
"A carefully layered exploration of the age-old question, "Is it better to have loved and lost than never to have loved at all?"--Kirkus
"Both straightforward and lyrical, this is a compelling read, a decidedly ambiguous portrayal of love that will resonate with those tired of formulaic romances."--Booklist
"Heartbreakingly beautiful and haunting, Haydu holds your heart in her hands as you travel through the pages of this story."--Romantic Times, Top Pick.
"The Careful Undressing of Love is sad and strange and beautiful. I will be marveling over Corey Ann Haydu's writing for days to come."--Johanna Albrecht, bookseller at Flyleaf Books, Chapel Hill, NC.
Praise for Corey Ann Haydu
"Haydu explores a sweet, unconventional romance alongside her characters' well-known (but little-understood) disorder. Heartwarming, frequently funny, and wholly honest, this debut novel is, well, compulsively readable." -- Horn Book, starred review of OCD Love Story
"Witty, affecting, and ferociously individual."
-- BCCB, starred review of OCD Love Story
"Tender, wise, and heartbreakingly lovely, this story is as brilliant as a stolen star, and every bit as magical. Prepare to be enchanted."
-- Katherine Applegate, Newbery-award winning author on Rules for Stealing Stars
"Haydu masterfully portrays the stress of living with an alcoholic parent.... A well-crafted blend of realism and fantasy. Give to fans of Holly Goldberg Sloan's Counting By 7s and Sarah Weeks's So B It."
-School Library Journal, starred review of Rules for Stealing Stars