Anyone's Ghost

“I knew what I wanted to say without the words to say it. That i was the same, that I felt both barrenness and a blueness at the same time. That somehow neither conflicted with the other. That I was sick with fear that I was inherently malformed, that I’d inherited, from my father and his father, some cannibal brain that would eat away at its edges, then its core, until the structure collapsed. That I was watching people in my life undo themselves.” Theron and Jake instantly have a connection, but they’re scared of breaking this fragile thing they’ve got going on. Their friendship evolves into the kind of bond that may wreck them both – a confusing tightrope between adoration, admiration and obsession that seems completely impossible to sustain. A heartbreaking contemporary novel about soulcrushing heartbreak in the age of ghosting and non-committal relationships.

A bittersweet and tender coming-of-age story that will leave you feeling raw and heartbroken. August Thompson writes about hard topics such as depression, addiction and sexuality in such an honest and compelling way making you feel deeply for and about these characters.