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A review by ericas_bookshelf
A Shore Thing by Joanna Lowell
funny
hopeful
informative
inspiring
lighthearted
reflective
relaxing
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
5.0
“Loving you is exhilarating and all I most desire.”
This was absolutely remarkable. Kit is a trans man & artist who moves to Cornwall to forge a new life for himself, selling bicycles. This is where he meets Muriel, a botanist from New York who wants to commission Kit for illustrations of British seaweeds. This is overall low angst, but I especially loved how this was so much more than a love story.
Joanna worked with her partner Mir, who is a trans man and a gender & sexuality historian. Together they really made this a wonderful, well rounded love story, with important historical context and politics. I mean the dedication and historical note alone made me SOB.
“We don't think fiction and romance will save the world, but we do believe that imagination is vital to personal and social change. When things are hard, art can provide a place of dreaming new possibilities, and be a source of strength in making them real. History can also show us that people pushed to the margins have always fought for justice, and sometimes won.”
*huge thanks to the publisher for the free arc in exchange for my honest review*
This was absolutely remarkable. Kit is a trans man & artist who moves to Cornwall to forge a new life for himself, selling bicycles. This is where he meets Muriel, a botanist from New York who wants to commission Kit for illustrations of British seaweeds. This is overall low angst, but I especially loved how this was so much more than a love story.
Joanna worked with her partner Mir, who is a trans man and a gender & sexuality historian. Together they really made this a wonderful, well rounded love story, with important historical context and politics. I mean the dedication and historical note alone made me SOB.
“We don't think fiction and romance will save the world, but we do believe that imagination is vital to personal and social change. When things are hard, art can provide a place of dreaming new possibilities, and be a source of strength in making them real. History can also show us that people pushed to the margins have always fought for justice, and sometimes won.”
*huge thanks to the publisher for the free arc in exchange for my honest review*