PERHAPS A GIFT VOUCHER FOR MUM?: MOTHER'S DAY
Katrina Leno was born on the east coast and currently lives in Los Angeles. She is a photographer and the author of five books--The Half Life of Molly Pierce, The Lost & Found, Everything All At Once, The Summer of Salt, and You Must Not Miss. You can visit her online at katrinaleno.com
Praise for You Must Not Miss: A 2020 CCBC Choice * Leno (Summer of Salt, 2018, etc.), channeling early Stephen King at his best, offers no neat conclusions, and her frank examination of depression, grief, alcoholism, and the ruinous aftermath of sexual assault, is grim yet effective. Readers will ponder this exceedingly creepy gut punch of a tale long after turning the last page. --Kirkus Reviews (starred review) * Compelling and harrowing.... Leno doesn't shy away from challenging themes... and she brings lyrically haunting language to a story filled with inherent darkness. --Publishers Weekly (starred review) * Leno (Summer of Salt, 2018) takes a concept...and executes it with beautiful, brutal precision. Between the lines of spare and dreamlike prose lurks a girl who, though quiet at first, demands to be seen, and readers will not soon forget her. --Booklist (starred review) A little bit Coraline, a little bit Stephen King.... A frank, unflinching look at grief, rage, depression, and how pain manifests as cruelty. You must not miss You Must Not Miss. --Mackenzie Vanengelenhoven, King's English Bookshop (Salt Lake City, UT) A mind-bender of a book. --Rosie Lee, Readers Books (Sonoma, CA) This unusual blend of realistic fiction, fantasy, and mayhem begs debate wherever it is read! Stock more than one copy. --VOYA
