From the #1 NY Times bestselling author Colleen Hoover comes a moving and haunting novel of family, love, and the energy of the reality.

Don’t assume all mistake deserves a effect. Sometimes the thing it deserves is definitely forgiveness.

The Voss family is anything but normal. They live in a repurposed cathedral, newly baptized Dollar Voss. The once cancer-stricken mom lives in the cellar, the father is married to the mother’s former nurse, the little half-brother isn’t permitted to perform or eat about Without Merit: A Novel anything fun, and the eldest siblings are irritatingly ideal. Then, there’s Merit.

Merit Voss gathers trophies she hasn’t earned and secrets her family members makes her to preserve. While browsing the neighborhood antiques shop for her following trophy, she discovers Sagan. His wit and unapologetic idealism disarm and spark restored lifestyle into her-until she discovers that he’s totally unavailable. Merit retreats deeper into herself, watching her family from the sidelines, when she discovers a top secret that no trophy in the world can fix.

Sick and tired of the lies, Merit decides to shatter the happy family illusion that she’s never been a part of before leaving them behind once and for all. When her escape program fails, Merit can be forced to cope with the staggering implications of telling the reality and losing the main one boy she loves.

Poignant and effective, Without Merit explores the layers of lies that tie a family group together and the power of love and truth.