Flatiron

9781250219268

STARRED REVIEW

It Sounded Better in My Head

With candor and affection, It Sounded Better in My Head captures a teen navigating the last moments of one stage of life and the first moments of the next.

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Review of ‘It Sounded Better in My Head’

It Sounded Better in My Head takes place in Australia, where summer is in January and senior year ends before college admissions are announced. The novel’s narrator, Natalie, feels in between. She’s in between her parents, who have blindsided her with an amicable announcement that they are divorcing, and in between her best friends, Zach…

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