Gorgeous in its sincerity and its precision—in its raw honest depiction of what it feels like
to be a gay teen in a world that says that you don’t deserve a home. Gloria Forman and Xia
Harper go to the same high school in a small South Carolina town but they couldn’t be more
different. While Gloria is part of the popular Christian crowd Xia sleeps through class
antagonizes anyone who dares talk to her and buries herself in books that help her pretend
she’s somewhere else—anywhere that being lesbian wouldn’t be a waking nightmare. When the two
form an accidental friendship they begin noticing each other in ways they promised themselves
they' d avoid. After all Xia’s isolation is self-imposed for a reason and the last thing
Gloria needs is more upheaval especially after her parents kicked her out of the house for
being gay. Ever since she has spent her nights under the stage in the school auditorium and
her days terrified of being discovered. Xia just wants to keep her head down until the end of
senior year. Gloria just wants to keep her living situation quiet until her parents come
around. But as their feelings for each other intensify and the truths they' ve hidden work
their way to the surface what they truly want will change forever.
