I Felt a Funeral, in My Brain

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Praise for I Felt a Funeral, In My Brain"I FELT A FUNERAL, IN MY BRAIN is a work of stunning, heart-wrenching brilliance. This novel reached inside me, pulled out my heart, and punched it square in its stomach. It is like nothing I've ever read, and I mean that in the best imaginable way." -- Andrew Smith, author of Grasshopper Jungle"This novel is a work of art. I haven't read anything remotely like it in my life.There are little holes in my heart from reading this book--truth shot through. Will Walton has written a singular story about loss, pain, love, and poetry that will stay with me for a long time. Will Walton walks us through a minefield of addiction and coming of age like no one has before. Your phone is ringing. It's me, A.S. King. I'm calling to tell you to read this book right now. If you don't pick up, it's okay because I'll plaster your entire house with bumper stickers that say I FELT A FUNERAL, IN MY BRAIN." -- A.S. King, author of I Crawl Through It"An extarordinary feat of poetry and storytellingthat cuts straight to the heartof grief, loss, and writingyour way through. You have never, truly, read anything like this before." --David Levithan, PUSH editor and author of Every Day"Walton's devastating new book offers a visually striking, emotionally accessible portrait of grief." -- Entertainment WeeklyPraise for Will Walton's Anything Could Happen: "Will Walton makes magic in his funny-sad-lovely heartache of a debut novel, Anything Could Happen. Main character Tretch Farm says it best: 'There's sickness, and there's sadness. But the thing is, there's love, too.' So much love. This book is good. It really is. It really, really is." -- Jennifer Niven, New York Times bestselling author of All the Bright Places"PUSH is proud to introduce a phenomenal debut about the unpredictable, unbearable, and ultimately amazing trajectory of falling in love and falling into the right place." -- David Levithan"This coming-of-age contemporary reveals an emotionally poignant story that perfectly captures the trials and tribulations of adolescence. It's the perfect follow-up read to any John Green novel." -- Buzzfeed

Author Bio

Will Walton is an indie bookseller in Athens, Georgia. Anything Could Happen was his first novel.