When We Were Good - Suzanne Sutherland - Wattpad

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When We Were Good

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Reads 397
Votes 67
Parts 28
Time 4h 0m

2000s bands bisexual depression emo friendship grief highschool highschoolexperience lgbt literary loss lovestory music punk romance teenromance texttospeech toronto writtenwithpride youngadult

After a painful loss, the last thing Katherine expects to do is fall in love.

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Katherine's life is a wreck. Not only has her best friend ditched her for yet another new boyfriend, her beloved grandmother died on New Year's Eve leaving a void of goodness in her life that Katherine's not sure how to fill. While overwhelmed with sadness and self-doubt, Katherine unexpectedly finds new love, both for Toronto's underground music scene and for her would-be saviour: a straight edge, loud mouth misfit named Marie. As Katherine seeks comfort in jagged guitars, mind-reading poets and honest conversations, she struggles to figure out not only what she and Marie might mean to each other, but also what it truly means to be good.


• Finalist for the inaugural Speaker's Young Authors Award
• Selected for the American Library Association's Rainbow List

"Set on Toronto streets in the year 2000, Sutherland's first novel keeps the story fresh. A bit like Weetzie Bat with the wings ripped off." - The Globe and Mail

"When We Were Good doesn't eschew teenage romance and bildungsroman narratives, but instead employs them through the lens of queerness and mental health, transforming them into something new and gleaming and important. " - Weird CanadaAll Rights Reserved

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