Stray City

from Her_Royal_Orangeness

Stray City is about a lesbian who has a brief fling with a man and gets pregnant. A somewhat simplistic plot, maybe, but one that fully captured my attention because interwoven with the story are much bigger personal and societal issues. It is about the price queer people often have to pay to be ...

from alliepascal

It's been about a week since I finished Stray City and I've thought about the ending every day since, specifically the last four words. There're only a handful of novels I've read that get that last line so right--so obviously written with painstaking care--that I feel like those words, and thus ...

from banjo123

There is a lot to like in this well-written book, set in Portland, late 90's. The main character , Andy, is a young lesbian, mostly rejected by her conservative family, who is finding a home in Portland's queer/lesbian community. The book rings true to the place and time, and Andy and the portray...

from Her_Royal_Orangeness

Stray City is about a lesbian who has a brief fling with a man and gets pregnant. A somewhat simplistic plot, maybe, but one that fully captured my attention because interwoven with the story are much bigger personal and societal issues. It is about the price queer people often have to pay to be ...

from alliepascal

It's been about a week since I finished Stray City and I've thought about the ending every day since, specifically the last four words. There're only a handful of novels I've read that get that last line so right--so obviously written with painstaking care--that I feel like those words, and thus ...