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Beautiful and Terrible Things
Paperback
General FictionGeneral GLBTQIA Fiction
Publisher Price: $24.95
ISBN13: 9781685134471
Publisher: Black Rose Writing
Published: Jul 18 2024
Pages: 392
Weight: 1.26
Height: 0.87 Width: 6.00 Depth: 9.00
Language: English
Brilliantly relatable...a compelling exploration of friendship, individuality, and the shared struggles that make us who we are. -Booklife Editor's Pick
Much like finding love when you're least expecting it, sometimes a book comes along and literally takes your breath away. -Reader Views
Charley Byrne isn't really living. At age 29, she hunkers down in her apartment above the bookstore she manages, afraid of a 7-year curse. Then quirky activist Xander Wallace lures her out of social exile with the prospect of friendship and romance. Charley joins Xander's circle of friends diverse in their heritage, race, gender and sexual orientation. She thrives, even leaving her comfort zone to join protests in a city struggling with social justice ills.
But the new friendships bring back-to-back betrayals that threaten the bookstore-Charley's haven-and propel her into a dangerous depression. Can her friends save the store? And Charley?
Beautiful and Terrible Things offers a compelling portrait of modern American life in a major city with its vibrant culture and rampant social issues. At once enlightening and entertaining, it reminds us that friendship has the power to validate, destroy, transform, and save lives.
- 2024 Indies Today Best Literary Book of the Year Winner
- 2024 Gold Winner, Reader Views Reviewer's Choice Awards - LGBTQIA+
- 2024 Shelf Unbound Best Indie Book Finalist
- 2024 Sarton Award Finalist
- 2024 American Fiction Awards Finalist - General Fiction
- 2024 American Writing Awards Finalist - LGBTQ
- 2024 Readers' Favorite Awards Honorable Mention - Fiction-Social Issues
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