Every Reason to Stay by Lane Clarke

Description

Sixteen-year-old Skylar has always known exactly who her family is.

It’s just been her and her father.

Her dad, a musician with a larger-than-life personality, has been her home, her anchor, and her best friend. But when a tragic accident shatters their world, Skylar is left grieving the only parent she’s ever known.

Then everything she believed about her life changes.

Skylar learns an unimaginable truth: her mother is alive.

Forced to leave behind everything familiar, she moves across the country to live with relatives she has never met and a mother she isn’t sure she can ever forgive. Angry, heartbroken, and struggling to find her place, Skylar pours her emotions into the one thing that still makes sense: baking.

When an exciting pastry competition offers the chance to study at a prestigious school in Paris, Skylar discovers a goal worth chasing. Along the way, she forms an unexpected friendship with another girl carrying invisible wounds and finds herself falling for the charming boy next door, even as she continues untangling the painful truths surrounding her family’s past.

As old secrets come to light and new relationships begin to heal old scars, Skylar learns that family isn’t always defined by the people who raised you, but by those who choose to stand beside you when life falls apart.

Heartfelt, hopeful, and filled with warmth, Every Reason to Stay is a beautifully crafted coming-of-age novel about grief, resilience, forgiveness, and discovering that even after unimaginable loss, there are still countless reasons to embrace the future.

Perfect for readers who enjoy emotional young adult fiction, stories of family, first love, found family, and personal growth.

Book Details

• Author: Lane Clarke
• ISBN: 9780316610763
• Format: Paperback
• Genre: Young Adult Contemporary Fiction
• Themes: Grief, Family Secrets, First Love, Coming of Age, Baking, Healing, Self-Discovery