The World As We Know It

Critically acclaimed author Joseph Monninger has penned a subtle and heartrending love story of lifelong friendship, true love, and the surprising twists that can alter our destinies forever.

A lifetime of friendship begins the day brothers Ed and Allard save Sarah from drowning in an icy river near their rural New Hampshire home.

Though their paths diverge through the years, the connection between the three endures until a heartbreaking tragedy in the remote mountains of Wyoming forces Sarah and Allard to confront the unthinkable.

In their grief, they find themselves on separate journeys that test the enduring bonds of their relationship, family, love, and loss—and time’s unremitting power to heal.

Joseph Monninger has published several award-winning YA novels and three books of nonfiction, including the memoir Home Waters, and has been awarded two National Endowment for the Arts fellowships. He lives and teaches in New Hampshire, where he also runs a dog sled team.