
- 288 pages
- English
- PDF
- Available on iOS & Android
About this book
This is a funny, moving story about life in a small town, from the point of view of a pregnant lesbian. Louise A. Blum, author of the critically acclaimed novel Amnesty, now tells the story of her own life and her decision to be out, loud, and pregnant. Mixing humor with memorable prose, Blum recounts how a quiet, conservative town in an impoverished stretch of Appalachia reacts as she and a local woman, Connie, fall in love, move in together, and determine to live their life together openly and truthfully.
The town responds in radically different ways to the couple's presence, from prayer vigils on the village green to a feature article in the family section of the local newspaper. This is a cautionary, wise, and celebratory tale about what it's like to be different in Americaāboth the good and the bad. A depiction of small town life with all its comforts and its terrors, this memoir speaks to anyone who has ever felt like an outsider in America. Blum tells her story with a razor wit and deft precision, a story about two "girls with grit," and the child they decide to raise, right where they are, in small town America.
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Table of contents
- Contents
- Acknowledgments
- Will That Be Mastercard or Visa?
- Just Donāt Do Anything Stupid
- Maybe Itās Morning Sickness
- Iām Gay!!!
- Getting a Double Dose of It
- She Should Keep It in the Bedroom
- Welcome to Satanās Playground
- The Guys at the Sporting Goods Store Think Youāre the Greatest
- If Thereās a Blue Line in the Large Window ā¦
- Well, Just Be Careful ā¦
- The Precocious Child of an Eccentric Writer
- Why Donāt I Run Down to the Liquor Store?
- Zoe = Life
- There Is Something Out There Known as Mother Nature
- This Is Your Conscience Speaking
- HellāWeāre All Sinners!
- Your Silence Will Not Protect You
- Itās Just So Hard to Get to Brooklyn
- Making Room for My Baby
- Give Me the Stamps
- Just Make Sure Your Water Isnāt Leaking
- We Thought Maybe Youād Changed Your Mind