This is part 1 of a 2 part podcast series on 8 Coming Out Novels We Love.
Sheena is joined by Tara Scott today to talk about coming out stories. This two part podcast series takes us through 8 books about different types of coming out but each one special in its own way.
Part 1 of 2 – Oh wow, I think I am gay!
We discuss common tropes with coming out stories
- Young person comes out – YA self discovery thing
- Older person comes out – Oh wow, as it turns out I think I am gay. Who knew?
Why is it important to still tell coming out stories?
Listen to the full episode of Oh wow, I think I am gay! 4 Coming Out Novels
Sheena’s Picks
Girl Squad by Kim Hoover
Publisher: Bella Books
Synopsis
A lazy small town summer in 1970s Texas turns treacherous when Cal Long’s mother goes missing. Cal and her best friend Rachel, along with sophisticated new friend Jane, use every trick in their teenage arsenal to get to the bottom of the mystery.
Along the way, Cal is drawn to Jane in ways she’s never felt before while Rachel struggles to understand her best friend’s new attraction. From Amarillo to Palo Duro Canyon to Ft. Worth and back, the girls puzzle through the connections surrounding the mystery of Cal’s mother’s disappearance.
But their shocking discoveries are soon eclipsed by the explosive consequences of Cal’s surrender to her feelings for Jane.
Girl Squad is a story of friendship, of betrayal, of passion, of awakening. And ultimately, a story of transformation.
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Hidden Truths by Jae
Publisher Ylva Publishing
Synopsis
“Luke” Hamilton has been living as a husband and father for the past seventeen years. No one but her wife, Nora, knows she is not the man she appears to be. They have raised their daughters to become honest and hard-working young women, but even with their loving foundation, Amy and Nattie are hiding their own secrets.
Just as Luke sets out on a dangerous trip to Fort Boise, a newcomer arrives on the ranch—Rika Aaldenberg, who traveled to Oregon as a mail-order bride, hiding that she’s not the woman in the letters.
When hidden truths are revealed, will their lives and their family fall apart or will love keep them together?
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Tara’s Picks
The Space Between by Michelle L Teichman
Publisher Ylva Publishing
Synopsis
Everything’s great for Harper Isabelle, the most popular girl in grade nine. That is, until she meets Sarah Jamieson. Sarah is a reclusive artist, a loner who wears black makeup and doesn’t have any friends, but for some reason, Harper can’t stop thinking about her.
Sarah isn’t used to people looking her way, especially popular girls like Harper Isabelle. Scared, religious, and unsure of herself, when Sarah begins to realize that her feelings for Harper might go beyond friendship, she is afraid to take the plunge and tell Harper how she feels.
Emotions build between these young women until they both reach their breaking points, and they need to make a choice about coming to terms with who they really are, and what they can and cannot live without.
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The London of Us by Clare Lydon
Publisher Custard Books
Narrator Lucy Price-Lewis
Synopsis
Ever fallen in love with someone you shouldn’t have fallen in love with? Alice Di Santo has it all – everyone says so. Perfect boyfriend, great job, settled home life. But when she meets Rachel Cramer, all that changes. Because Rachel is everything Alice has never considered – and now cannot stop thinking about.
This charming tale of coming out in your 30s sees Alice risk everything to go after what she wants, soon discovering she’s deserving of love – and especially this love, which takes her breath away.
The fourth book in the London Romance Series features favourite characters from the previous three novels, and proves that falling in love is never scripted.
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