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  Take a Look at Me Now by Robert Crane explores a chapter of life shaped by transition. The novel follows a family as they move through a time when stability is tested and nothing feels fixed. Bubby Welter is fifteen when his family life is thrown into uncertainty. His mother Carrie suffers a mental breakdown that reshapes their relationship and leaves their household emotionally unbalanced. As Carrie struggles, Bubby is left to absorb the consequences. His own life becomes marked by misjudgment and fallout—humiliation from a failed crime, tension with a close friend, and the painful realization that trust is fragile. Each experience compounds his sense of isolation. Searching for answers, Bubby turns toward the mystery of his absent father. What he hopes will bring clarity instead forces him to confront the depth of what has been missing. Take a Look at Me Now is a coming-of-age novel about unresolved absence, emotional standstill, and the fragile ties that bind families ...