Things really start to turn around for Audrey when she begins to have contact with Linus, Frank's friend who begins to come around the house often to play a video game with him. The 103 third parties who use cookies on this service do so for their purposes of displaying and measuring personalized ads, generating audience insights, and developing and improving products.

Now, her books are the first ones I read in English, so, you know, I might need to reread them some day (I mean duh. I tell Linus I’ll pay because this is my documentary and I’m the producer, and he says OK, he’ll get the next one.I'm not saying it's not possible or they don't deserve happily ever afters, but the way it's presented in this book makes me cringe. Audrey is a brave, charming and resourceful girl and I hope she will inspire you as much as she has inspired me.

I'm absolutely terrified of speaking to strangers through my mic, even people who i've known for years and years.Mental and psychological illnesses are unfortunately treated as a second class citizen in relation to physical illnesses. I want to read about a character learning how to live their best life and learning ways to deal with their mental illness in healthy and careful ways… I don’t want to read about someone being fixed by some dude. messages of the book – the curveballs will always come in life, and all we can do is try our best, keep our chins up and stay looking forward.

Nevertheless, I'm excited to try other Sophie Kinsella books that don't butcher mental health issues. Her parents were hilarious, and the relationship she shared with her brother Frank reminded me a lot of myself and my brother.I could relate to Audrey’s social anxiety (being around people I don’t know, answering the door and phone, even leaving the house and feeling like everyone is staring at you.