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A review by readwithmeemz
Stray City by Chelsey Johnson
3.0
I enjoyed Stray City for a lot of reasons, and one of those is definitely its depiction of queer identities and relationships and how they can be fluid, and sometimes messy, confusing, and complicated. Another is how it depicted queer community in such an authentic and meaningful way.
This book is split into two stories – one featuring Andrea, a young lesbian, in a super gay Portland community, who somehow finds herself pregnant – and to the shock of all of her gay friends, she decides to have (& keep) the baby. The second half of the book follows Lucia, who starts asking questions about the father she’s never known, questions Andrea hoped never to have to deal with.
This book welcomes you (with open arms) into what it means to be in a queer community – showing you the ways you can create a new family with people who understand you. However, it also explores what it means to seek your truth, grow up, and discover who you are, even at the risk of upending everyone else’s expectations.
Stray City is many things. It’s a love letter to Portland, it’s a page-turner, it’s a heartfelt story about family – both blood and found – and a sweet, messy, beautiful ode to love – in its many, many forms.
(From: https://www.shedoesthecity.com/books-about-queer-joy-love-and-community-to-celebrate-pride/)
This book is split into two stories – one featuring Andrea, a young lesbian, in a super gay Portland community, who somehow finds herself pregnant – and to the shock of all of her gay friends, she decides to have (& keep) the baby. The second half of the book follows Lucia, who starts asking questions about the father she’s never known, questions Andrea hoped never to have to deal with.
This book welcomes you (with open arms) into what it means to be in a queer community – showing you the ways you can create a new family with people who understand you. However, it also explores what it means to seek your truth, grow up, and discover who you are, even at the risk of upending everyone else’s expectations.
Stray City is many things. It’s a love letter to Portland, it’s a page-turner, it’s a heartfelt story about family – both blood and found – and a sweet, messy, beautiful ode to love – in its many, many forms.
(From: https://www.shedoesthecity.com/books-about-queer-joy-love-and-community-to-celebrate-pride/)