Where fish swim hundreds of miles up rivers past bear claws and nets and wheels and lines of rubber-clad combat fishers, arriving humped and ragged, dying as they spawn. Where the burst of life during summer is urgent under twenty-four-hour daylight, lush and decadent. Where she feels the constant rush toward winter as the sunlight wanes for six months of the year, seven minutes each day, bringing crushing cold that lingers even as the sun climbs again. Kirkus Reviewsīrooke Skipstone is a multi-award-winning author who lives in Alaska where she watches the mountains change colors with the seasons from her balcony.

Overall, it’s an impressive story that packs a punch. As an antagonist, Levi comes across as appropriately frenzied and hateful, while Grace will strike readers as appealingly defiant. The author’s firm grasp of LGBTQ+ issues and of the queer community’s fight for equality is effectively amplified. The characters are developed well, and their vivid personalities make them feel like real people. Over the course of this novel, Skipstone’s prose is propulsive, moving a rousing story from past to present at a fast clip. Skipstone explores self-acceptance, identity, sexuality, and the way these interact with the LGBTQ+ community at large.Ī moving and compelling tale of a journey toward truth and personal liberation.

Set in Clear, Alaska, the novel follows a 70-year-old grandmother exploring her hidden passion for writing Lesbian romance novels until her secret is made public. The Queering is a novel written by Brooke Skipstone and published January 2023 through her own company, Skipstone Publishing. The Queering by Brooke Skipstone (Skipstone Publishing) | Brooke Skipstone

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