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Dear Evan Hansen: The Novel

by Val Emmich

Belonging, grief, and a lie that grows

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AlbakiReads Editorial

Belonging, grief, and a lie that grows

A letter never intended for anyone else places high school senior Evan Hansen inside the grief of Connor Murphy’s family. Claiming to have been Connor’s secret friend brings Evan a sense of belonging and a new public identity, but it also deepens his involvement in a story he knows is untrue. The novel’s coming-of-age conflict connects grief and authenticity with the pressure of instant connectivity and the loneliness that can persist within it. Evan’s growing role in the family’s life makes the gap between helping others and sustaining a lie central to the book’s dilemma.

Good fit for readers who enjoy

  • Teens and young adults interested in coming-of-age stories.
  • Readers interested in stories about grief, anxiety, and belonging.
  • Readers curious about the novel inspired by the Broadway show Dear Evan Hansen.

Themes

Grief and family lossBelonging and isolationAuthenticity and deceptionAnxietyInstant connectivity

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Book overview

From the show's creators comes the groundbreaking, bestselling novel inspired by the hit Broadway show Dear Evan Hansen.

Dear Evan Hansen,

Today's going to be an amazing day and here's why ...


When a letter that was never meant to be seen by anyone draws high school senior Evan Hansen into a family's grief over the loss of their son, he is given the chance of a lifetime: to belong. He just has to stick to a lie he never meant to tell, that the notoriously troubled Connor Murphy was his secret best friend.

Suddenly, Evan isn't invisible anymore--even to the girl of his dreams. And Connor Murphy's parents, with their beautiful home on the other side of town, have taken him in like he was their own, desperate to know more about their enigmatic son from his closest friend.As Evan gets pulled deeper into their swirl of anger, regret, and confusion, he knows that what he's doing can't be right, but if he's helping people, how wrong can it be?

No longer tangled in his once-incapacitating anxiety, this new Evan has a purpose. And a website. He's confident. He's a viral phenomenon. Every day is amazing. Until everything is in danger of unraveling and he comes face to face with his greatest obstacle: himself.

A simple lie leads to complicated truths in this big-hearted coming-of-age story of grief, authenticity, and the struggle to belong in an age of instant connectivity and profound isolation.
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