This Is Why We Can’t Have Nice Things: A provocative, darkly funny collection of subversive short stories exploring modern femininity and family Robin Rose Bennett From Caldecott and Newbery Honoree

From Caldecott and Newbery Honoree Grace Lin and bestselling author Kate Messner comes a modern folktale about the joy of reading

every page is filled with stories and facts you won’t find anywhere else

Starting a new school

Adam Grant

prizewinning poet and author Gay considers the joy we incite when we care for each other

This Is Why We Can’t Have Nice Things: A provocative, darkly funny collection of subversive short stories exploring modern femininity and family Robin Rose Bennett From Caldecott and Newbery HonoreeFor fans of American Housewife and the work of Lily King, a provocative, razor sharp, and riotously entertaining story collection exploring the dark side of family and femininity. CONTAINS COMORBIDITIES, WINNER OF THE BBC SHORT STORY PRIZE In my life, I had always been a good woman; controlling what it was that I wanted. But recently, I had started to notice my bad energy, and I began to follow it, wondering where it would take me . . . A woman has an