Russo Meredith - Birthday A Novel - Paperback

Binding: Paperback
Description: Lovers who surmount the odds have always been intense emotional fodder but rarely have we seen a story like Birthday. true and raw haunting and undeniable. The New York Times Book Review Two best friends. A shared birthday. Six years. ERIC: There was the day we were born. There was the minute Morgan and I decided we were best friends for life. The years where we stuck by each other's side as Morgan's mom died as he moved across town as I joined the football team as my parents started fighting. But sometimes I worry that Morgan and I won t be best friends forever. That there ll be a day a minute a second where it all falls apart and there's no turning back the clock. Morgan: I know that every birthday should feel like a new beginning but I m trapped in this mixed - up body in this wrong life in Nowheresville Tennessee on repeat. With a dad who cares about his football team more than me a mom I miss more than anything and a best friend who can never know my biggest secret. Maybe one day I ll be ready to become the person I am inside. To become her. To tell the world. To tell Eric. But when? Six years of birthdays reveal Eric and Morgan's destiny as they come together drift apart fall in love and discover who they re meant to be and if they re meant to be together. From the award - winning author of If I Was Your Girl Meredith Russo comes a heart - wrenching and universal story of identity first love and fate. Beautifully written Birthday is an altogether singular contribution to the gradually growing body of transgender literature and indeed to mainstream literature as well. AL a Booklist starred review
Title: Birthday A Novel
Author(s): Russo Meredith
Publisher: Flatiron Books
Barcode: 9781250129857
Pages: 304 Pages
Language: English
Publication Date: 7/21/2020