<p><b>"This is a best friend in book form." - Andrew Kaufman, author of <i>All My Friends Are Superheroes</i></b></p><p>Today, Carrie Hope Fletcher is living her dream as an actress and YouTube star. But not long ago, she was trying to survive the many perils of the <i>Teen Age . . .</i></p><b>The Rumor Mill</b>: <i>The more a rumor is spread, the farther it gets from the truth. It's like a giant taffy pull.</i><b>The Disgusting Business of Falling in Love</b>: <i>I've never known something to be so gleefully wonderful and soul-crushingly exhausting.</i><b>The Twitter-Sphere</b>: <i>If the Internet is starting to crush your soul . . . close the laptop!</i><b>Bears</b>: <i>Self-explanatory.</i><p>Thankfully, she made it through! And although memories of her struggles, woes, and foibles stick around (as <i>Soul Shrapnel,</i> if you will) , they look a little different today, thanks to <i>The Amazing Goggles of Hindsight.</i></p><p>So, in <i>All I Know Now,</i> Carrie shares, well, exactly that - heartfelt advice and hopeful thoughts on growing up. She just did it herself. She has the stuffed animals to prove it!</p>
