Deserted by her abusive parents, believed to have died in a car accident, she finds an unexpected home in the tight-knight conservative community which lies virtually in the center of the great state of Alaska. Crystal lives with her loving but rigid grandparents and younger brother. It's a queer coming of age story, a portrait of struggling amid the Covid Pandemic crisis, and a tender and heartbreaking love story, complete with a collection of memories of abuse, trauma, joy, and survival. People need to feel the pain of others.Crystal's House of Queers by Brooke Skipstone is a novel about the lives of teenager, Crystal Rose, the protagonist, and her group of teenagers living in the small town of Clear, Alaska. We can't stay broken forever."Īnd they shouldn't be unknown forever. As one character says, "I have to believe I can still love and be loved. But there is much truth in these pages, some profoundly ugly and some beautiful in its resilience. Many parts of this book are difficult to read and were very difficult to write. However, those who suffer in private or wish to help those who do-please read this story and share its contents. Nor by anyone who desires to remain in the dark despite being in a position to shine light. It should not be read by teens who wish to be shielded from such harsh realities their peers may be enduring alone. This book contains scenes of sexual abuse, self-mutilation, and suicide.
Hunter and Jazz kiss each other's scars and form a bond of empathy no two teens should ever need.
Hunter discovers he can rescue the victims, even though he risks adding their suffering to his own. His best friend Jazz has dark and disturbing memories of her own that she hides behind her sass and wit. But memories of the secret trauma begin to surface when Hunter sees other people's memories-visions invading his mind with stories of abuse, teen self-mutilation, rape, and forbidden sex. Hunter's past is a mystery to him, erased by a doctor at the direction of his father. They need each other to heal in this teen thriller of survivor love.
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