Maeve’s strangely astute tarot readings make her the talk of

the school, until a classmate draws a chilling and unfamiliar

card—and then disappears.

CAROLINE O’DONOGHUE

After Maeve finds a pack of tarot cards while cleaning

out a closet during her in-school suspension, she quickly
becomes the most sought-after diviner at St. Bernadette’s
Catholic school. But when Maeve’s ex–best friend, Lily,
draws an unsettling card called The Housekeeper that
Maeve has never seen before, the session devolves into a
heated argument that ends with Maeve wishing aloud that
Lily would disappear. When Lily isn’t at school the next
Monday, Maeve learns her ex-friend has vanished without
a trace.

Shunned by her classmates and struggling to preserve a

fledgling romance with Lily’s gender-fluid sibling, Roe,
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freedoms are trying to take root, this sharply contemporary
story is witty, gripping, and tinged with mysticism. #allourhiddengifts

“An utterly seductive read, where the magical bleeds into the familiar.”
—Melinda Salisbury, author of The Sin Eater’s Daughter

“All Our Hidden Gifts is a magical surprise of a book, the perfect combination of
heartfelt and thrilling, unpredictable and familiar. The startling and unique story
lets us imagine and worry and love and reach for the truth right alongside Maeve. It
is easy and exciting to get lost in this witchy, mysterious, and deeply layered story.”
—Corey Ann Haydu, author of OCD Love Story and Ever Cursed
 A Note from Caroline O’Donoghue

Dear Reader,
The first card in a standard pack of tarot is called The Fool. Despite the rather unfortunate
name, The Fool is not an idiot. The Fool is about to set off on a journey, and he has no idea
where he’s going. He has to believe that the winds of fate will carry him in the right direction,
and while he is certain that there will be peril and pain along the way, he also knows in his
heart that it’s a path that needs to be taken. Ultimately, he believes that everything is going to
work out OK.
A similar kind of foolish determination goes into writing a book. Maeve Chambers arrived
in my head one day while I was sitting on a London bus. It was the coldest night of the year,
and we were stuck in traffic. I was miserable: I was broke, I’d recently lost my job, and my
family—all the way across the Irish Sea—was in crisis. I conjured Maeve Chambers because I
knew she was someone I could understand and someone who could understand me. In many
ways, she’s exactly like I was as a teenager: overshadowed by charismatic siblings, terrible at
school, and desperately looking for a “thing” to be good at. I started writing about her on my
phone, sending long text messages to my long-suffering agent. I didn’t know where the story
was going, but I knew I had to write it.
I threw myself into my Fool’s journey, and I hope you’ll throw yourself into it, too. Along
the way you’ll meet some people who are very dear to me, and they’ll take care of you. Maeve
will give you courage, Fiona will make you laugh, Roe will stay sensible, and Lily . . . well, it’s
better if you get to know Lily yourself. (If you can find her.)
It’s not always a great journey. The world can be a vast and ugly place. People do mess
things up when they’re sad or scared or lonely or jealous. But The Fool isn’t dumb for believing
that everything is going to work out in the end. He’s able to believe it because he knows that
ultimately there is more good than bad in the world. More kindness than you might suspect,
more joy than you might dare to guess at. And if you can adopt some of The Fool’s attitude,
trust me, you’re going to have a great time.

Yours,

Caroline O’Donoghue is an Irish author, journalist, and host of the acclaimed

podcast Sentimental Garbage. She has contributed to Grazia, the Irish Times, the
Irish Examiner, BuzzFeed, Vice, and The Times (London). She lives in London.