I Wish You all the best Book Summary
Telling the emotional journey of Ben De Backer, a non-binary teen negotiating life, identity, and acceptance, I Wish You All the Best is profoundly moving and heartfelt. Suddenly kicked out of their house, Ben left to fend for himself after coming out to his conservative parents. This terrible rejection, which defines the tone for a raw but hopeful narrative, will find great resonance among many readers.
Ben’s estranged older sister Hannah and her husband Thomas find him hiding; two people Ben has been desperately needing—safety and relentless support. Ben mostly keeps their non-binary identity hidden from their new friends as they work to reconstruct their life in a different environment while negotiating the trauma of family rejection, self-doubt, and severe anxiety.
This story gains especially strength from Ben’s realistic but subdued portrayal of his inner conflict and slow healing. Through therapy, art, and close new friendships—especially their growing relationship with charming and sympathetic classmate Nathan—Ben begins to rediscover happiness, purpose, and the possibility of love. The evolving relationship between Ben and Nathan gives the narrative a delicate layer and underlines the need of empathy and understanding in LGBT young people.
All the Best is finally a strong study of mental health, gender identity, and the importance of selected family. It gives everyone who has ever felt invisible comfort since it shows that even after intense suffering hope and happiness are attainable. With his real, sensitive, and warm writing, Mason Deaver crafts a coming-into-yourself journey instead of only a coming-out story.