SOLVED. MG Fantasy book about a broken family. Mom is an alcoholic with mood swings. Girls (sisters) discover their Closets can make things come to life. Read in 2018-2019. Spoilers. [s]

[Basil]

so theres this family of a mom, a dad, a dead aunt, and 3-4 sisters i believe
the mom is always super drunk and has a ton of mood swings daily but the dad still loves her anyways
the girls find out that if they go in their closets then whatever they bring into it comes to life and makes a world out of it
they also go swimming often because they live beside a lake
around the end of the story its slowly revealed that the mom also knows about the closets and she lost her sister in one which is why shes always so drunk, she always drinks the pain away
there was also this one moment where she was being fine one morning and tried to make french toast for breakfast, but she messed up the batter, gave up, and went to her room i think
the daughter who was with her while she was making it tried it anyways and she described it as sad tasting
there was also this other scene where the mom yells and screams at one of the girls around the stairs i think and shes really really mad
the dads fairly normal but he doesn't like the girls going into his office and he always watches tv
the main character is the middle child or the youngest i believe
oh yeah they made a huge wonderland once but it turns out to be bad bc some closets in their house are bad and make nightmare worlds instead of good worlds
and the closets have "personalities" based on whose room its in
the oldest sisters closet is like a drippy dark violet i think, i cant remember completely
and the main characters closet is apparently bad but they go in there anyways and its like abstract art
that's all i can remember for now, if i remember something later ill add onto this

[Becca]

Rules for Stealing Stars by Corey Anne Haydu?

[Lobstergirl, au gratin]

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[Kris]

Google Books preview of Rules for Stealing Stars by Corey Ann Haydu - Becca's suggestion:

https://books.google.com/books/about/...

Kirkus Review:
"Four sisters escape a difficult home life by spending more and more time in their magical closets.
Narrated in first person by 11-year-old Silly, this story is saturated with the deep sadness felt by four daughters whose mother is drinking, depressed, and unpredictably cruel to them. When the sisters discover that their closets are gateways to magical worlds, they begin to use them to seek solace and to try to learn about the source of their mother’s problems. When one sister, Marla, becomes trapped inside a closet..."

[Kris]

Basil, is this book for kids and/or teens?

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[Lindsay]

This is absolutely Rules for Stealing Stars by Corey edAnne Haydu. Becca mentioned it first but it is definitely this book!

[Basil]

omg im super late but thank you guys so much!! u have no clue how much u guys helped :]]]

[Kris]

Great! Glad you found your book, Basil. Thanks for the update.