![]() ![]() I think Michelle Tea’s blurb on the back of the book explains this perfectly: But there’s something about this Girls I’ve Run Away With, and the way its protagonist, Lo, is so naive but at the same time so aware of how fucked up everything is. It makes me uncomfortable because I’ve lost people very close to me this way. Honestly, I typically hate stories about teens with hard lives doing drugs and running away and fucking up their lives. Basically I want this girl to call me, is what I’m saying. The cover charmed me right away with its portrait of a girl wearing flannel and a backwards cap. In the interest of full disclosure, I loved this book before I opened it. I don’t want to tell you much more than that because I need you to read this book. Her newest book, Girls I’ve Run Away With, is the story of a queer teenager in the mid-90s whose life turns completely upside-down after her sister is committed to a mental institution, she falls in love with her best friend, gets shipped off to live with some crazy Christians in Oregon, and then runs away. ![]() Rhiannon Argo previously published the Lambda-award winning novel, The Creamsickle, and has just started a new queer feminist press, Moonshine Press. You may recognize Rhiannon Argo from her work with Sister Spit, but don’t worry if you don’t know her yet. ![]()
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