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Biographical Note: Jen St. Jude (they/them) is the author of If Tomorrow Doesn't Come and Where You'll Find Us. They live near Chicago with people (and an old dog) they love. Review Quotes: "A fierce, tender story about choosing yourself when it costs you everything, Where You'll Find Us is unflinchingly honest, wildly romantic, and quietly magical. Jen St. Jude captures the ache of first love, the terror of becoming, and the courage it takes to step into the unknown. For anyone who's ever felt caught between who they were and who they might be, this is a reminder: you don't have to have all the answers to begin again." --Aiden Thomas, New York Times bestselling author of THE SUNBEARER TRIALS "Powerful and immeasurably beautiful. Jen St. Jude's writing captures what it really means to be human, queer, and completely yourself. Your heart is in safe hands." -- Trang Thanh Tran, New York Times bestselling author of SHE IS A HAUNTING "A sweeping ode to queer history and resilience, Jen St. Jude's Where You'll Find Us shines as both a novel of immense heart and passion, and as the literary safe haven this moment in time so desperately calls for. This book won't just find you, it will inspire and heal you." -- Abdi Nazemian, Stonewall Award-winning author of LIKE A LOVE STORY and ONLY THIS BEAUTIFUL MOMENT " Where You'll Find Us is a beautiful swarm of queer history and self-discovery. I want to revel in Jen St. Jude's stories in every lifetime, across all timelines." -- Jas Hammonds, award-winning author of WE DESERVE MONUMENTS "A stunning portrait of queer identity, found family, and the beauty of being alive, St. Jude crafted a heartfelt novel that both connects us to our past and promises us a future. More than a book, it is a home to come back to, with complex, beautiful characters that truly come to feel like friends." -- Justine Pucella Winans, Stonewall Honor-winning author of THE OTHERWOODS and HOW TO SURVIVE A SLASHER "This book is a gift. Like the world of Amaranth itself, Where You'll Find Us is a perfect haven where readers can lean into both sadness and hope, uncertainty and knowing, solitude and community, queer history and future. It will be in my heart forever." -- L.T. Thompson, Stonewall Honor-winning author of DEVILS LIKE US "A tender love letter to queer people across the ages, somehow serious and fanciful at the same time. St. Jude has done the rarest of things: given their readers and characters the space to breathe." -- Kelly Quindlen, bestselling author of SHE DRIVES ME CRAZY "A stunning mix of historical, speculative, and contemporary queer fiction, with heartbreak and hope on every page. At once haunting and healing, this book made me sob-the kind of breathless, cathartic tears that leave you whole and hopeful on the other side. A poignant and timely reminder that we have always been here." -- Adrienne Tooley, author of SWEET & BITTER MAGIC and THERE ARE GHOSTS HERE "With intimacy, humor, and a healthy dose of defiance, Jen St. Jude creates a world where identity and history stretch and bend in surprising ways, reminding us that the questions we ask are just as revealing as the answers we seek. A lively, thoughtful testament to the power of friendship. I loved it." -- Tucker Shaw, author of RIGHT BESIDE YOU "This beautifully crafted narrative has a deep sense of LGBTQIA+ community across time and characters with richly detailed stories from a variety of cultural perspectives. . . . Highly recommended." -- School Library Journal, starred review "A deep and affirming exploration of the inevitability of change." -- Kirkus Reviews, starred review "St. Jude dazzles." -- Publishers Weekly, starred review "Sweet, soothing, and deliciously rewarding to the end." -- Booklist, starred review "Carves a space in your heart and remains there forever. Breathtakingly written, Jen St. Jude masterfully explores queerness, depression, and shame, while beautifully capturing family, friendship, and love, and the intersections that often exist between these things. Hopeful above all else." -- Rachael Lippincott, New York Times bestselling author of SHE GETS THE GIRL, on IF TOMORROW DOESN'T COME "This book is devastatingly brilliant. Jen St. Jude is hands down one of the most talented new voices in YA, and soon, everyone will know it." -- Leah Johnson, bestselling author of YOU SHOULD SEE ME IN A CROWN and RISE TO THE SUN, on IF TOMORROW DOESN'T COME "An electric, urgent miracle of a book that asks what--and who--we dare to live for. Avery's story will shatter your heart and fill it with light again." -- Kelly Quindlen, bestselling author of SHE DRIVES ME CRAZY and HER NAME IN THE SKY, on IF TOMORROW DOESN'T COME " If Tomorrow Doesn't Come is a brilliant story of hope, healing, and resilience from a thoughtful and fearless new voice in YA." -- Brandy Colbert, award-winning author of LITTLE & LION, on IF TOMORROW DOESN'T COME "Hope for a bright future is always evident in this sometimes dark, thought-provoking debut." -- Publishers Weekly, starred review, on IF TOMORROW DOESN'T COMEPublisher Marketing: In this beautifully profound YA novel, a trans teen finds a home where queer kids from all different decades have found refuge from hatred-and from time. Calla Quick has no future. At least, that's how it feels. Her parents disowned her via text message, and now she can't afford to go to an all-women's college with her girlfriend Ramona like they planned. But Calla wonders if maybe that's for the best-because even though Calla told Ramona her parents disowned her because they found out she's gay, the truth is, Calla has been questioning whether she's a girl at all. Calla wishes she had more time to figure everything out, and one night, her wish is seemingly granted. When Calla and Ramona stumble upon a mysterious farmhouse the woods, they meet five teens who claim they've lived there for decades. The land, which they call Amaranth, acts as a safe haven for queer kids throughout history-a place free of hate, free of violence, free of time itself. Here, Calla can be Cal, and they feel instantly accepted. They don't have to worry about the future because at Amaranth, it will never come-until one night when the clock strikes twelve. Now under a literal ticking clock, the housemates must find a way to stop time again or face going back to their harsh realities, but as Cal learns everyone's story, they begin to wonder what queer people lose when their history is lost to time.Review Citations:
Contributor Bio:Jude, Jen St Jen St. Jude (they/them) is the author of If Tomorrow Doesn't Come and Where You'll Find Us. They live near Chicago with people (and an old dog) they love. |
Where You'll Find Us
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