All We Know of Love

“Unusual, fascinating examination of human intersection and the myriad, imperceptible ways we relate to one another.” — Kirkus Reviews (starred review)

When Natalie was eleven, her mother walked out mid-sentence and never came back. Now Natalie is almost sixteen and struggling with a toxic relationship, so she sets out on a bus trip to find her mother and figure out love. To her surprise, she meets people with stories like her own, stories about giving love and getting lost in the desire to be wanted. Acclaimed middle-grade novelist Nora Raleigh Baskin makes her young adult debut with a deeply resonant novel about secrets held and secrets shared, about having the courage to uncover all we know — and don’t know — of love.

“Teens will wonder at this unusual, fascinating examination of human intersection. Kirkus Reviews (starred review) Candid and alluring. Publishers Weekly A well-crafted coming-of-age story. VOYA Natalie encounters a variety of people with whom she briefly interacts, but who leave an impression on her. Their stories are inserted into the narrative as cameos, and she comes to understand that she can be loved for who she isiand not because she was a girl whose mother did not love her enough to stay. A moving coming-of-age story. School Library Journal This sad but ultimately satisfying journey is well written and interspersed with familiar quotations about love. The simple lesson that Natalie begins to learnithat she must love herself first, before anyone else can love her backiis a lesson for all readers to absorb and understand. Booklist Natalie's navel-gazing is wise, lyrical, and familiar to the point of affirmation; readers will find their own experiences and emotions mirrored and amplified. Bulletin of the Center for Children's Books A compelling narrative about the need for understanding and love. Confessions of a Bibliovore blog Nora Raleigh Baskin jumpstarts the drama on page one, propelling the reader through until the very end. Teenreads.com All We Know of Love is an exciting treasure ALAN's Picks Nora Baskin interviewed on "Writers on Writing" https://protect-us.mimecast.com/s/GWGvBdSbb8bJIR'domain=penonfire.blogspot.com”

Teens will wonder at this unusual, fascinating examination of human intersection.
—Kirkus Reviews (starred review)

Candid and alluring.
—Publishers Weekly

A well-crafted coming-of-age story.
—VOYA

Natalie encounters a variety of people with whom she briefly interacts, but who leave an impression on her. Their stories are inserted into the narrative as cameos, and she comes to understand that she can be loved for who she is—and not because she was a girl whose mother did not love her enough to stay. A moving coming-of-age story.
—School Library Journal

This sad but ultimately satisfying journey is well written and interspersed with familiar quotations about love. The simple lesson that Natalie begins to learn…that she must love herself first, before anyone else can love her back—is a lesson for all readers to absorb and understand.
—Booklist

Natalie’s navel-gazing is wise, lyrical, and familiar to the point of affirmation; readers will find their own experiences and emotions mirrored and amplified.
—Bulletin of the Center for Children’s Books

A compelling narrative about the need for understanding and love.
—Confessions of a Bibliovore blog

Nora Raleigh Baskin jumpstarts the drama on page one, propelling the reader through until the very end.
—Teenreads.com

All We Know of Love is an exciting treasure
—ALAN’s Picks

Nora Baskin interviewed on "Writers on Writing"
—https://protect-us.mimecast.com/s/7GOkB9hV1ML7TM?domain=penonfire.blogspot.com

Nora Raleigh Baskin is the author of "What Every Girl (Except Me) Knows, Almost Home, " and "Basketball (or Something Like It)". She grew up in Brooklyn and New Paltz, New York, and currently lives in Connecticut with her husband and two sons.

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