The bestselling author Colleen Hoover, author of It Ends with Us, is out now with her newest book-to-screen release Regretting You in theatres. In Regretting You, Morgan Grant wishes nothing more than for her daughter to pursue greatness, achieving more than Morgan ever could. While her daughter, Clara, has the chance to make these next few years count, Morgan’s young adult years looked much different. After getting pregnant and married far too young, Morgan struggles with the weight of deferred dreams... of reconciling all those dreams lost along the way.
At one point in the book, Morgan reflects, “I guess that happens when you become a mother, though. Your focus is no longer on yourself. Your life becomes all about this beautiful, tiny little human you created.”
Morgan’s 16-year-old daughter, Clara, often forgets how much her mother sacrificed for her. Clara worries about her future and that she may end up living in a similar mundane way to her mother. After the only person holding these warring family members together suffers a tragic accident, both Clara and Morgan find themselves wandering through life, together but feeling alone. They both have lost so much and though they are still figuring it out, they realize even their ‘happiest years’ were full of strategic lies.
The one person Clara has been forbidden to see is the only person she finds truly comfort with. But sneaking around and harboring new secrets threatens to divide the mother and daughter duo even further.
What will it take for these two characters to find their way back to each other, to feel as close as they once were in those early years of Clara’s life? Through an intense journey, this book tackles topics such as betrayal, grief, and broken relationships. Now in theatres, the movie Regretting You stars Mckenna Grace and Mason Thames.
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