charli reviewed A Safe Girl to Love by Casey Plett
trans beauty
5 stars
one of the first collections i read after coming out, and a constant favorite to return to. messy, heartfelt, beautiful.
Eleven unique short stories that stretch from a rural Canadian Mennonite town to a hipster gay bar in Brooklyn, featuring young trans women stumbling through loss, sex, harassment, and love.
These stories, shiny with whiskey and prairie sunsets, rattling subways and neglected cats, show growing up as a trans girl can be charming, funny, frustrating, or sad, but never will it be predictable.
one of the first collections i read after coming out, and a constant favorite to return to. messy, heartfelt, beautiful.
This is another book that just like, really got to me... the vignettes are a really nice format that work really well. It's a really emotive read that again captures a very specific experience... feeling like it left me with a whole lot to reflect on #thattranslitexperience
This book was amazing. So many amazing characters I felt so connected to.
I think this needs to go on everyone's "Must Read" list.
https://caseyplett.files.wordpress.com/2018/05/a-safe-girl-to-love-casey-plett.pdf
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