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Lovesick Blossoms
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  • Published: 24 October 2023
  • ISBN: 9780593866870
  • Imprint: RH US Audio Adult
  • Format: Audio Download
  • RRP: $23.00

Lovesick Blossoms

  • Julia Watts
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In a small Kentucky college town in 1953, two married women desperately fall in love with each other, until a moment of indiscretion threatens to destroy both their lives.

In her new adult novel, award-winning author Julia Watts creates a compelling, emotional queer tale of power and passion. Colleagues and neighbors of Samuel and Boots are more than willing to accept their married status, even though Samuel “dresses like a boy” and the pair’s relationship is one of convenience that will never be consummated. But when Samuel meets a new professor’s wife, Frances, at a faculty party, she soon falls in love, and learns the difficulty of discretion in a small town—with tragic consequences. LAMBDA award-winning author Julia Watts (Needlework, Quiver) returns to adult fiction in this heartbreaking, yet hopeful novel. Highly recommended for fans of Lauren Groff, Rosie Walsh, and Alexandria Bellefleur.
  • Published: 24 October 2023
  • ISBN: 9780593866870
  • Imprint: RH US Audio Adult
  • Format: Audio Download
  • RRP: $23.00
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Praise for Lovesick Blossoms

“Lovesick Blossoms by Julia Watts is a crisp romantic page-turner told with deft wit and great heart. This juicy story brimming with memorable characters vividly transports readers back to 1950s Kentucky in ways that speak to important truths about our own time.” —Aaron Hamburger, author, Hotel Cuba and Nirvana Is Here

“What an astounding book. It had me laughing, then crying, then cussing, then flinching with anxiety. A true testament to how difficult and dangerous 1950s lesbian and gay life used to be, Lovesick Blossoms is one of the most emotionally affecting novels I’ve ever read.” —Jeff Mann, author, Country and Loving Mountains, Loving Men

“Julia Watts has done it again. The characters in Lovesick Blossoms are unforgettable, and their dilemmas are a poignant reminder of the limited choices--and the dangers--for LGBTQ folks of previous generations. An important addition to Watts's body of work chronicling LGBTQ lives in Appalachia.” —Dr. Allison E. Carey, author of Doubly Erased: LGBTQ Literature in Appalachia