In If It Weren't For You , #1 New York Times bestselling author Colleen Hoover explores family, first love, grief, and betrayal in a moving story that will touch the hearts of both mothers and daughters.
Morgan and Clara Grant are mother and daughter, and seemingly have nothing in common.
Morgan became pregnant at a very young age, sixteen, and is determined to prevent her daughter from going through the same hardships she faced. Always putting her family first, Morgan put her own dreams aside to dedicate herself to her daughter and husband.
Clara, for her part, doesn't want to follow in her mother's footsteps—she can't see anything spontaneous in Morgan's personality. At sixteen, her greatest desire is to go to university to study theater, even though her parents don't encourage her to pursue it.
With incompatible personalities and divergent goals, Morgan and Clara's relationship is becoming increasingly untenable. The only person capable of creating a peaceful environment is Chris—Morgan's husband, Clara's father, and the family's safe haven. But this peace is shattered after a tragic accident that completely changes both their lives.
While Morgan struggles to rebuild everything that collapsed around her and finds comfort in the last person she expected, Clara only adds to her list of rebellions. As the days pass, new secrets, resentments, and misunderstandings drive mother and daughter further apart... and the distance widens to the point where a reunion becomes unlikely. After so much time apart and with so much unsaid, is there still a chance for everything to be okay?
In If It Weren't For You , Colleen Hoover once again delivers to readers a plot rich in character development, strong and complex emotions and, above all, situations as raw as they are real.