In stories told in alternating voices, Jean Chen Ho’s debut collection peels back the layers of female friendship-the intensity, resentment, and boundless love-to probe the beating hearts of young women coming to terms with themselves, and each other, in light of the insecurities and shame that holds them back. Strained by distance and unintended betrayals, the women float in and out of each other’s lives, their friendship both a beacon of home and a reminder of all they’ve lost. When Fiona moves to New York and cares for a sick friend through a breakup with an opportunistic boyfriend, Jane remains in California and grieves her estranged father’s sudden death, in the process alienating an overzealous girlfriend. Fiona was always destined to leave, her effortless beauty burnished by fierce ambition-qualities that Jane admired and feared in equal measure. On to the books! Adult Fictionįiona and Jane by Jean Chen Ho (Queer Fiction)Ī witty, warm, and irreverent book that traces the lives of two young Taiwanese American women as they navigate friendship, sexuality, identity, and heartbreak over two decades.īest friends since second grade, Fiona Lin and Jane Shen explore the lonely freeways and seedy bars of Los Angeles together through their teenage years, surviving unfulfilling romantic encounters, and carrying with them the scars of their families’ tumultuous pasts. If you click through and buy something, I’ll get a small percentage. I’ve highlighted a few of the books I’m most interested in, but click through to see the other titles’ blurbs!Īs always, if you can get these through an indie bookstore, that is ideal, but if you can’t, the titles and covers are linked to my Amazon affiliate link. So here’s a big list of bi and lesbian books out this month, sorted by genre. I make these round ups because unfortunately, it’s not always easy to find out which books have queer representation, or what kind of representation they have.
Most of them are not specifically sapphic, so they’re not on this list, but I recommend checking them out if you want some great queer and diverse kids’ books! January is still a pretty slow publishing month, but there are a few great books coming out this month, including from one of my favourite publishers: Flamingo Rampant! They publish kids’ books that are inclusive not just in terms of trans and queer characters, but also characters (and authors/illustrators) of color and disabled characters.
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