Not even Bree.Īs online life collides with real life, the truth starts to come together and the backlash is even more devastating than anyone could have imagined. Lara’s not nearly as great as everyone thinks.Īfter weeks of talking online, Lara thought she knew Christian, so what’s with this sudden change? And where does he get off saying horrible things on her wall? Even worse - are they true?īut no one realized just how far Christian’s harsh comments would push Lara. Bree’s secretly glad that Christian’s pointed out Lara’s flaws to the world. She’s worked really hard since starting high school to be happy and make new friends.īree used to be BBFs with overweight, depressed Lara in middle school, but constantly listening to Lara’s problems got to be too much. It’s been a long time since Lara’s felt this bad, this depressed. She thought that Christian liked her, that he was finally going to ask her to his school’s homecoming dance. She is also an award-winning news columnist and teaches writing at Western Connecticut State University and with the Yale Writers' Workshop. As online life collides with real life, the truth starts to come together and the backlash is even more devastating than than anyone could have imagined.What happens online doesn’t always stay online. Sarah Darer Littman is the critically acclaimed author of Some Kind of Hate Deepfake, Backlash Want to Go Private Anything But Okay In Case You Missed It Life, After and Purge.

After weeks of talking online, Lara thought she knew Christian, so what's with this sudden change? And where does he get off saying horrible things on her wall? Even worse-are they true? But no one realized just how far Christian's harsh comments would push Lara. Lara's not nearly as great as everyone thinks. Bree's secretly glad that Christian's pointed out Lara's flaws to the world.

Bree used to be BBFs with overweight, depressed Lara in middle school, but constantly listening to Lara's problems got to be too much. She's worked really hard since starting high school to be happy and make new friends. Sarah Darer Littman is the critically acclaimed author of Some Kind of Hate Deepfake, Backlash Want to Go Private Anything But Okay In Case You Missed It Life, After and Purge. It's been a long time since Lara's felt this bad, this depressed. She thought that Christian liked her, that he was finally going to ask her to his school's homecoming dance. In critically acclaimed author Sarah Darer Littman's gripping new novel, what happens online doesn't always stay online.

Backlash by sarah darer littman