Pretty Things: A Novel Free Audiobook Download by Janelle Brown

After a terrible accident that took away her parents, Janelle Brown finds herself on the outside looking in at high school life. Unable to get over their deaths, she has grown into a bitter young woman who spends her days drinking and partying with her friends and hoping for something to happen. College offers a chance to start over, but it's not until she meets Daniel that she starts to find peace.

Lauren Fortgang, the narrator of this story, waded into a life-changing friendship when she met Hillary Huber, a woman who had been through some things but still managed to maintain her beauty and elegance. Lauren loved Hillary instantly and they started spending time together in order to help each other work through their problems.

Janelle Brown's Pretty Things is a thought-provoking and challenging coming-of-age novel about the power of choice. The novel follows Sydney, who struggles with her identity as a woman living in rural America. It's refreshing to see a protagonist that doesn't conform to society's standards of beauty.

Hillary Huber is obsessed with being pretty. She's beautiful, she has a gorgeous husband, and she lives in an Ivy League town. But she feels deeply insecure about her looks, and when it starts getting in the way of her life and career, Hillary decides to do something drastic to change herself.

"Pretty Things" is the story of the Hamilton family - four adults and five children. The adults are from diametrically opposed backgrounds, but their lives have converged around a tragic event that changes them forever. Each woman has her own frustrations; one is a corporate lawyer, another a stay-at-home mom, and so on. When they discover each other's darkest secrets - and come to love each other in spite of them - they're able to start moving towards healing themselves and their family."

"Pretty Things" is a story with a lot of heart which deals with the difficult decision of what to do when a child is born with a condition that will cause lifelong disability. The novel opens up from the perspective of this family who is desperately trying to work out what their new life will look like as they navigate the often-unpredictable terrain of adulthood and family.