First Major Review of MY BEAUTIFUL FAILURE

Highlights from Kirkus Reviews' take on the new book. Be sure to enter the giveaway that ends November 13.

"Brimming with wry humor and whimsical charm…. Last seen in The Opposite of Music (2007), the Morrison family has weathered father Bill's mental breakdown....Having immersed himself in psychology texts, Billy follows a friend's suggestion to volunteer with the Listeners suicide hotline. Disappointingly, most callers prove merely lonely, bored, eccentric or sexually deviant. Then Jenney calls. …Jenney's praise leads Billy to fantasize their future relationship and share his parental worries with her…[Billy is] a case study in teen-psyche contradictions--self-centered and altruistic, grandiose and helpless--above all, agonizingly self-conscious. The Morrisons are vivid creations, though these sly, observant portraits may resonate better with adults than teens. Short chapters with enigmatic titles and abrupt, nonlinear shifts in storytelling combine to suggest a graphic novel missing its art."My Beautiful Failure