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A Safe Girl to Love

by Casey Plett

LGBTQ gender identityLGBTQ short storiesLambda Literary AwardsLambda Literary Award WinnerTranssexualsFictionComing of ageTranssexuels

Eleven unique short stories that stretch from a rural Canadian Mennonite town to a hipster gay bar in Brooklyn, featuring young trans women stumbling through loss, sex, harassment, and love. These stories, shiny with whiskey and prairie sunsets, rattling subways and neglected cats, show growing up as a trans girl can be charming, funny, frustrating, or sad, but never will it be predictable.

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Book data: Open Library