"This fresh new beach read from Nantucket is a great addition to your beach tote! I could smell the Nantucket hydrangeas from Charleston!"

– Victoria Benton Frank, USA Today bestselling author of The Violet Hour

"For a perfect summer vacation, read Kyleigh Leddy’s delightful, heart-warming novel Worse Than Strangers. It’s a champagne cocktail of old loves, bucket lists, and new romances– with a Jane Austen twist."

– Nancy Thayer, NYT Best-selling author of Summer Light on Nantucket

"I devoured this gorgeous debut, but its poignant lessons on love–especially between mother and daughter–will stay with me much, much longer. Enter Worse Than Strangers into the canon of magic novels set on the magical island of Nantucket!"

– Jessie Rosen, national bestselling author of All The Signs

"Worse Than Strangers is a beach read with fierce intelligence and wit. I loved everything about it: the Austen undercurrent, the ebbs and flows of a moving mother-daughter relationship, the beauty of second chances. Leddy is going to be on every beach chair this summer."

– Isabel Banta, author of Honey

Events

NANTUCKET BOOK FESTIVAL

New Nantucket Fiction Panel | Kyleigh Leddy, Julie Gerstenblatt, and James Sulzer

Wednesday, June 19th at 5:00pm EST

THE RIPPED BODICE

Book launch with Cat Shook

Tuesday, June 23rd at 7:00pm EST

Mitchell's Book Corner

Signing on Nantucket with Nancy Thayer

Friday, July 3rd at 10:30am EST

CHARTER BOOKS

Signing and conversation with Kylie Swanson

Wednesday, July 8th at 6:00pm EST

Edgartown Books

Signing on Martha's Vineyard

Saturday, July 11th at 2pm EST

Zibby's Bookshop

Signing and conversation with Lauren Okie

Thursday, July 30th at 6pm PST

Press Reviews for the perfect other

"The Perfect Other is a stunning mosaic—an impassioned and poetic examination into the impossible ‘why?’ of mental illness. The book, like its subject, is achingly alive: a harrowing but life-affirming odyssey of what it takes to care for someone who is slipping away. Ultimately this is a paean to sisterhood and the excruciating joy of loving someone 'other.'"
—Susannah Cahalan, #1 New York Times bestselling author of Brain on Fire and The Great Pretender

"Too often, people living with mental illness and their loved ones suffer in silence. Sharing heartfelt memories and scientific research, Kyleigh Leddy breaks that silence to shine a light on the stigma surrounding mental health and schizophrenia. This deeply personal memoir will give readers greater empathy and understanding in supporting those who are oftentimes misunderstood."
—Sheryl Sandberg, COO of Facebook and founder of Lean In and Option B

"The Perfect Other reminds us all of the power of our only cradle-to-grave relationships—our siblings—as well as the powerlessness we feel when our brothers or sisters are not well. The book is a triumph—a testament to the healing power of telling the stories of those we love."
—Meg Jay, PhD, author of The Defining Decade and Supernormal: The Secret World of the Family Hero

"Deep, everlasting love, grief and the mysteries of mental illness are undercurrents that propel The Perfect Other, a chilling, moving memoir by Kyleigh Leddy. Leddy's raw search for understanding, meaning and peace grants readers a rare personal glimpse into the universal mysteries of mental illness and the long-lasting traumatic effects it has on those afflicted, as well as those in its orbit. A hauntingly reflective memoir details the intricacies of mental illness and the bonds of sisterly love and loyalty in this life—and beyond."
—Shelf Awareness

"Exceptionally thoughtful and insightful.”
- Booklist

“Leddy seeks courageously to “break the stigma” and silence that still surround schizophrenia and similar disorders while paying tribute to the woman whose life so profoundly transformed her own. A moving and deeply felt memoir about family and mental illness.
-Kirkus Reviews

“Leddy offers a humanist portrait of the nuances of loving someone with a mental illness. Gutting in its intensity… but well worth the effort.
- Publishers Weekly