Juliet Takes a Breath
by:
Gabby Rivera (author)
Juliet Milagros Palante is leaving the Bronx and headed to Portland, Oregon. She just came out to her family and isn’t sure if her mom will ever speak to her again. But Juliet has a plan, sort of, one that’s going to help her figure out this whole “Puerto Rican lesbian” thing. She’s interning...
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Juliet Milagros Palante is leaving the Bronx and headed to Portland, Oregon. She just came out to her family and isn’t sure if her mom will ever speak to her again. But Juliet has a plan, sort of, one that’s going to help her figure out this whole “Puerto Rican lesbian” thing. She’s interning with the author of her favorite book: Harlowe Brisbane, the ultimate authority on
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Format: Paperback
ISBN:
9781626012516 (1626012512)
ASIN: 1626012512
Publisher: Riverdale Avenue Books
Pages no: 276
Edition language: English
Title: Juliet Takes a Breath Author: Gabby Rivera Publish Date: September 17, 2019 Publisher: Dial Books Format: Hardcover Page Count: 320 pages Source: Library Date Read: March 14-21, 2020 Review I read this book as part of the Book Riot's Read Harder Challenge 2020 prompt "debut by queer author....
Juliet was holding onto a dream. She found her dream inside a book and she hopes that by meeting the author of this book, she would finally be set free. She is tired of hiding, she wants to live, and she wants to breathe. What Juliet actually finds in the end was not the freedom that she expected bu...
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