If It Makes You Happy, Claire Kann
If It Makes You Happy, Claire Kann
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If It Makes You Happy

Author: Claire Kann

Narrator: Caroline Sorunke

Unabridged: 9 hr 48 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 10/26/2021


Synopsis

Claire Kann's If It Makes You Happy is a coming-of-age novel about a young girl learning to embrace her cultural and sexuality identity.Winnie is living her best fat girl life and is on her way to the best place on earth. No, not Disneyland--her Granny’s diner, Goldeen’s, in the small town of Misty Haven. While there, she works in her fabulous 50’s inspired uniform, twirling around the diner floor and earning an obscene amount of tips. With her family and ungirlfriend at her side, she has everything she needs for one last perfect summer before starting college in the fall.…until she becomes Misty Haven’s Summer Queen in a highly anticipated matchmaking tradition that she wants absolutely nothing to do with.Newly crowned, Winnie is forced to take center stage in photoshoots and a never-ending list of community royal engagements. Almost immediately, she discovers that she’s deathly afraid of it all: the spotlight, the obligations, and the way her Merry Haven Summer King, wears his heart, humor, and honesty on his sleeve.Stripped of Goldeen’s protective bubble, to salvage her summer Winnie must conquer her fears, defy expectations, and be the best Winnie she knows she can be?regardless of what anyone else thinks of her.

About Claire Kann

Claire Kann hails from the glorious Bay Area, where the weather is regrettably not nearly as temperate as it used to be. She has a BA in English/creative writing from Sonoma State University, works for a nonprofit that you may have heard of where she daydreams like she's paid to do it, and dislikes snow and summer. Claire is the author of Let's Talk About Love and If It Makes You Happy.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Amy on June 26, 2020

5 stars! I LOVED THIS. I wish this had existed when I was in high school. The girl I was could have used this happy, hopeful book. Main character: ★★★★★ Humor: ★★★★★ Romance: ★★★★★ The ending: maybe controversial, but I LOVED the ending in particular Winnie is ready for another summer spent in her grandm......more

Goodreads review by Bri on April 27, 2020

Claire Kann’s second novel was relatable to me in many ways. I appreciated Winnie’s struggle for acceptance from her family and people around her. To be a Black, queer fat woman is to be subjected to endless microagressions and silencing tactics all the time. Especially within Black families, when e......more

Goodreads review by Bethany (Beautifully Bookish Bethany) on October 25, 2021

3.5 stars rounded up Another book I have mixed feelings on. I love that this book is tackling anti-fat bias, fatphobia, polyamory, and queer platonic partnerships. I don't think I've ever seen a QPP in a YA book before and clearly that is confusing the hell out of some reviewers. I like the project o......more