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Brother & sister enter the forest : a novel / Richard Mirabella.
Willa grudgingly takes in her brother, Justin, who is spiraling out of control, unable to manage his sobriety and the ongoing effects of a brain injury suffered when he fled a terrifying act of violence committed by his first boyfriend.
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- ISBN: 9781646221172 (hardcover)
- ISBN: 1646221176 (hardcover)
- Physical Description: 278 pages ; 22 cm
- Edition: First Catapult edition.
- Publisher: New York : Catapult, 2023.
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| Genre: | Gay fiction. |
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| Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
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| Covington Branch | MIRAB R (Text) | 33126020008847 | Adult Fiction | Available | - |
| Erlanger Branch | MIRAB R (Text) | 33126020008839 | Adult Fiction | Available | - |
| Independence Branch | MIRAB R (Text) | 33126020008797 | Adult Fiction | Available | - |
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Willa grudgingly takes in her brother, Justin, who is spiraling out of control, unable to manage his sobriety and the ongoing effects of a brain injury suffered when he fled a terrifying act of violence committed by his first boyfriend. - Random House, Inc.
Finalist for the Lambda Literary Awards
A New York Times Book Review Editors' Choice
Opening like a fairy tale and ending like a nightmare, this cannonball of a queer coming-of-age novel follows a young man's relationship with a violent older boyfriendâand how he and his sister survive a terrible crime
After years of severed communication, Justin appears on his sisterâs doorstep needing a place to stay. The home he's made for himself has collapsed, as has everything else in his life. When they were children, Willa played the role of her brotherâs protector, but now, afraid of the chaos he might bring, sheâs reluctant to let him in.
Willa lives a carefully ordered life working as a nurse and making ornate dioramas in her spare time. As Justin tries to connect with the people sheâs closest toâher landlord, her boyfriend, their motherâshe begins to feel exposed. Willa and Justinâs relationship has always been strained yet loving, frustrating and close. But it hits a new breaking point when Justin spirals out of control, unable to manage his sobriety and the sustained effects of a brain injury.
Years earlier, in high school, desperate to escape his home life and his disapproving, troubled mother, Justin falls into the hands of his first lover, a slightly older boy living on his own who offers Justin some semblance of intimacy and refuge. When Justinâs boyfriend commits a terrifying act of violence, the two flee on a doomed road trip, a journey that will damage Justin and change his and his familyâs lives forever.
Weaving together these two timelines, Brother & Sister Enter the Forest unravels the thread of a young manâs trauma and the love waiting for him on the other side.