You'd Be Home Now

Sixteen-year-old Emory Ward has always been the reliable one — the quiet, dutiful daughter in a wealthy family that would rather manage appearances than talk about what's really wrong. Then a car accident lands her older brother Joey in rehab and leaves a classmate dead, and the careful surface the Wards have maintained cracks wide open.

Now Joey is home, fragile and trying to stay clean, and their parents have quietly made Emory his keeper. As junior year begins under the weight of a small town's gossip and judgment, Emory struggles to hold her brother, her family, and herself together — all while beginning to want a life, and a first love, of her own. But loving an addict means learning that you cannot save someone who isn't ready to save himself.

Told with unflinching tenderness, You'd Be Home Now is a raw, deeply felt novel about addiction, family, and the difference between rescuing someone and standing beside them.