We Are All So Good at Smiling

Written by Amber McBride

Narrated by Amber McBride

"McBride brings a special gift to this production by narrating her own material." - AudioFile Magazine


This audiobook features music and special effects. Listen along and enjoy the fun that is We Are All So Good at Smiling.

This program is read by the author.

They Both Die at the End meets The Bell Jar in this haunting, beautiful young adult novel-in-verse about clinical depression and healing from trauma, from National Book Award Finalist Amber McBride.

Whimsy is back in the hospital for treatment of clinical depression. When she meets a boy named Faerry, she recognizes they both have magic in the marrow of their bones. And when Faerry and his family move to the same street, the two start to realize that their lifelines may have twined and untwined many times before.

They are both terrified of the forest at the end of Marsh Creek Lane.

The Forest whispers to Whimsy. The Forest might hold the answers to the part of Faerry he feels is missing. They discover the Forest holds monsters, fairy tales, and pain that they have both been running from for 11 years.

A Macmillan Audio production from Feiwel & Friends.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Macmillan Audio
• Release date: Jan 10, 2023
• ISBN: 9781250877413

Amber McBride

Amber McBride is currently an assistant professor at the University of Virginia. She received her MFA in poetry from Emerson College in 2012. She also served as the media assistant at the Furious Flower Poetry Center. Her poetry has appeared in various literary magazines, including Ploughshares, Provincetown Arts, Willow Springs, the Cincinnati Review, the Rumpus, and others. She has been nominated twice for Best on the Net awards. Her debut YA novel in verse, Me (Moth), was a finalist for the Morris Award and National Book Award in Children’s Literature and won the John Steptoe–Coretta Scott King Award. Her sophomore novel in verse, We Are All So Good at Smiling, received four starred reviews.

Reviews for We Are All So Good at Smiling

[Savannah Briggs · Rating: 5 out of 5 stars]

Amazing story telling and a beautiful story. Brining mental health and fairy tales together in a way I feel so many can relate.

[Maria João Victorino · Rating: 5 out of 5 stars]

Beautiful book and audio production? The writing is breathtaking! Absolutely loved it.

[Ashley James · Rating: 5 out of 5 stars]

Beautiful work!! For someone who struggles with depression this book was very inspiring

[Devyn Spencer · Rating: 2 out of 5 stars]

This book was way too metaphorical. So weird. I just could not enjoy it, I had to think too much. Exhausting story.