Conditions of a Heart

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Two starred reviews!

Achingly touching, heartfelt, and true, Brynns story of reinvention and self-discovery resonates on every page. A book to savor and hold dear. Kathleen Glasgow, New York Times bestselling author of Girl in Pieces and The Agathas

For fans of Talia Hibbert and Lynn Painter comes an emotionally rich (Publishers Weekly, starred review) and unflinchingly honest story about a teen who must come to terms with her disability and what it means for her identity, her love life, and her future.

Brynn Kwan is desperate for her high school persona to be real. That Brynn is head of the yearbook committee, the favorite for prom queen, and definitely not crumbling from a secret disability thats rapidly wearing her down. If no one knows the truth about her condition, Brynn doesnt have to worry about the pitying looks or accusations of being a faker that already destroyed her childhood friendships. Shes even willing to let go of her four-year relationship with her first love, Oliver, rather than reveal that a necessary surgery was the reason she ignored his existence for the entire summer.

But after Brynn tries to break up a fight at a pep rally and winds up barred from all her clubs and senior prom, she has nothing left to prop up her illusion of being just like everyone else. During a week-long suspension from school, she realizes that she doesnt quite recognize the face in the mirrorand its not because of her black eye from the fight. With a healthy sister who simply doesnt understand and a confused ex-boyfriend who wont just take a hint and go away like a normal human being, Brynn begins to wonder if its possible to reinvent her world by being the person she thought no one wanted: herself.

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"Achingly touching, heartfelt and true, Brynn's story of reinvention and self-discovery resonates on every page. A book to savor and hold dear." -- Kathleen Glasgow, New York Times bestselling author of Girl in Pieces and The Agathas
This book kept me laughing with its endless wry wit and emotionally captivated with its introspection of society's attitudes toward health and disability, especially in a post COVIDian era when we have seen the accommodations that are possible. I read it in a single day. -- Xiran Jay Zhao, New York Times bestselling author of Iron Widow
Conditions of a Heart beats with intense feelings from lost love to the classic struggle of trying to be who you are. Mangle weaves an equally heartbreaking and funny narrative in this poignant story about a disabled girl strugglingto find her place in a post-Covid world. -- Meredith Ireland, Author of The Jasmine Project & Everyone Hates Kelsie Miller
"Poignant and insightful." -- Kirkus

Author Bio

Bethany Mangle is the author of thePrepped,All the Right Reasons, andConditions of a Heart.When she isnt writing, she enjoys spoiling her dogs, playing video games, and spending time with her unbearably nerdy husband. She moves too much to put a location in her bio ever again.Visit her at BethanyMangle.com.