Cuban-American Laura is kicked out from her Catholic school and her family’s house when a nun reads a letter between Laura and her girlfriend of two years, Marlena. Laura develops a chosen queer family including a genderqueer boi while Marlena is unwillingly sent back to Puerto Rico.
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Publisher’s Description
What if you don’t follow the rules and it radically alters the course of your life?
What if you get kicked out of the house and lose all your friends and everyone you love?
Will you turn the corner into a world filled with unusual friends and create a new kind of family or self-destruct?
Genre: Contemporary
Representation:
Gender:
Cis girls: Laura, Marlena
Genderqueer side character
Sexual Orientation:
Lesbian/Queer: Marlena
Bisexual/Pansexual: Laura
Romantic Orientation:
Homoromantic: Laura, Marlena
Race/Ethnicity:
Latinx: Laura, Marlena
Religion
Christianity
Trigger warnings: suicide/suicidal ideation, family rejection, forced marriage