![]() ![]() ![]() Skipstone handles the serious subject matter with tenderness and depth. Crystal also intercedes in a confrontation between Haley and her abusive boyfriend. ![]() Crystal dreams of erotic encounters with Haley, and eventually, she will live those dreams. Skipstone adds a beautiful queer romance at the center of the novel that is breathtaking in its honesty and complexity.Ĭrystal finds herself drawn to Haley Carson and vice versa. Deserted by her abusive parents, believed to have died in a car accident, she finds an unexpected home in the tight-knight conservative community which lies virtually in the center of the great state of Alaska. Crystal lives with her loving but rigid grandparents and younger brother. It's a queer coming of age story, a portrait of struggling amid the Covid Pandemic crisis, and a tender and heartbreaking love story, complete with a collection of memories of abuse, trauma, joy, and survival. Crystal's House of Queers by Brooke Skipstone is a novel about the lives of teenager, Crystal Rose, the protagonist, and her group of teenagers living in the small town of Clear, Alaska. ![]()
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