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Music the World Makes
Paperback
General FictionGeneral GLBTQIA Fiction
ISBN13: 9781642510751
Publisher: Frayed Edge Press
Published: Nov 10 2026
Pages: 264
Weight: 0.79
Height: 0.55 Width: 6.00 Depth: 9.00
Language: English
In New York City, 1957, Betty McCready is in love with her best friend, Rose Palermo. But when Rose chooses the safety of convention and marries, Betty is left to build a life in a world that seems to have no space for her.
Determined not to disappear into a marriage she doesn't want, yet unwilling to embrace the full visibility her lover Josephine demands, Betty searches for a path between secrecy and truth while every step potentially threatens her family ties, her friendships, her sense of self.
As the city around her crackles with possibility and hypocrisy-jazz clubs humming with hidden lives, neighborhoods shifting under the first tremors of social change-Betty seeks a life where being true to herself doesn't require isolation, and community doesn't demand surrender.
A story of longing, courage, and the cost of authenticity, this novel follows one woman's fight to claim her true self in a society not ready to accept her.
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