Book Blitz: I Am Here Now by Barbara Bottner {Excerpt + #Giveaway}

Author: Barbara Bottner
Title: I Am Here Now
Publisher: Macmillan
Publication Date: August 4th 2020
Genres: Coming of Age, Young Adult

Book Summary

Set in the 1960s, Barbara Bottner’s I Am Here Now is a beautiful novel in verse about one artist’s coming of age. It’s a heartbreaking, powerful and inspiring depiction of what it’s like to shatter your life—and piece it all back together.

You can’t trust Life to give you decent parents, or beautiful eyes, a fine French accent or an outstanding flair for fashion. No, Life does what it wants. It’s sneaky as a thief.

Maisie’s first day of High school should be exciting, but all she wants is to escape.

Her world is lonely and chaotic, with an abusive mother and a father who’s rarely there to help.