He also directed the movie Wonder in 2017. He is also a screenwriter whose credits include The Perks of Being a Wallflower, Rent and Jericho, and the live action film Beauty and the Beat. Stephen Chbosky is the author The Perks of Being a Wallflower and Imaginary Friend. Some people loved it but this one got a big DNF from me. I got this one on Audible and made it about 15 hours out of 24 total. Some people’s fake is more honest than other people’s real. Its a complex, intelligent book involving concepts like love conquers hate and people make their own heaven and hells which could be coming from a number of philosophies. He returns with a voice in his head only he can hear, with a mission only he can complete: Build a treehouse in the woods by Christmas, or his mother and everyone in the town will never be the same again.

Until Christopher emerges from the woods at the edge of town, unharmed but not unchanged. Lincoln Child, 1 New York Times bestselling coauthor of Verses for the Dead and City of Endless Night ' Imaginary Friend is simply extraordinary reading experience - it reminded me of discovering a classic Stephen King novel from two decades ago, but all funneled through Chbosky's utterly unique style.

Just one highway in, one highway out.Īt first, it seems like the perfect place to finally settle down. It’s as far off the beaten track as they can get. Together, they find themselves drawn to the tight-knit community of Mill Grove, Pennsylvania. Determined to improve life for her and her son, Christopher, she flees an abusive relationship in the middle of the night with her child.

We can swallow our fear or let our fear swallow us. Imaginary Friend is Chbosky's long-awaited second novel. He also directed the acclaimed 2017 film Wonder starring Julia Roberts, Owen Wilson and Jacob Tremblay. His mother is devastated, but miraculously, he is found running wildly out of the woods one night, and is hospitalized to ensure his well-being. In 2012, Chbosky wrote and directed an acclaimed film adaptation of his novel, starring Logan Lerman, Emma Watson and Ezra Miller. Audiobook Length: 24 hours and 32 minutes One day after school, Christopher follows a mysterious cloud and wanders into the Mission Street Woods, where he becomes lost for six days.

Imaginary friend by stephen chbosky