<p><b>For fans of Nina LaCour's <i>We Are Okay</i> and Adam Silvera's <i>History Is All You Left Me</i> this heartfelt and ultimately uplifting novel follows one sixteen-year-old girl's friend breakup through two concurrent timelines—ultimately proving that even endings can lead to new beginnings.</b></p><p><i>You can't rewrite the past but you can always choose to start again.</i></p><p>It's been twenty-seven days since Cleo and Layla's friendship imploded.</p><p>Nearly a month since Cleo realized they'll never be besties again.</p><p>Now Cleo wants to erase every memory good or bad that tethers her to her ex-best friend. But pretending Layla doesn't exist isn't as easy as Cleo hoped especially after she's assigned to be Layla's tutor. Despite budding friendships with other classmates—and a raging crush on a gorgeous boy named Dom—Cleo's turbulent past with Layla comes back to haunt them both.</p><p>Alternating between time lines of <i>Then and Now When You Were Everything </i>blends past and present into an emotional story about the beauty of self-forgiveness the promise of new beginnings and the courage it takes to remain open to love.</p>
