Publication date UK format 9/12/21 audio time 7hr 41m Book 286 Pages
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Synopsis
When a group of social activists arrive in a small town, the lives and beliefs of residents and outsiders alike are upended, in this wry, embracing novel. Big Burr, Kansas, is the kind of place where everyone seems to know everyone, and evrryone shares the same values-or keeps their opinions to themselves. But when a national nonprofit labels Big Burr "the most homophobic town in the US" and sends in a task force of queer volunteers as an experiment-they'll live and work in the community for two years in an attempt to broaden hearts and minds-no one is truly prepared for what will ensue. Furious at being uprooted from her life in Los Angeles and desperate to fit in at her new high school, Avery fears that it's only a matter of time before her "gay crusader" mom outs her. Still grieving the death of her son, Linda welcomes the arrivals, who know mercifully little about her past. And for Christine, the newcomers are not only a threat to the comforting rhythms of Big Burr life, but a call to action. As tensions roil the town, cratering relationships and forcing closely guarded secrets into the light, everyone must consider what it really means to belong. Told with warmth and wit, Under the Rainbow is a poignant, hopeful articulation of our complicated humanity that reminds us we are more alike than we'd like to admit.
My Review
This book was really good and pacted full of very interesting stories around each character. I listened to the audiobook and loved the fact it had a full cast. Every narrator brought something new and different to the story. Creating this really great book. Its a collection of short stories around the lives of people in the LGBTQIA community all striving to belong to a community that finds it difficult to be inclusive for different reasons. All the stories connect together in some way. The author wrote this book in an amazing way showing how people try to connect to an adverse community. Some of the connections I actually failed to see but I understood the collective. The stories actually felt like real life stories it was wrote that well.
I would like to praise the author for this very important book to try and shed light into the lives of people from the LGBTQIA community in some difficult and very religious towns in America.
Where you can buy this book
Amazon US K $13.99 , Audible, HC 16.29, PB $12.95
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B&N HC $27.00 , PB $17.00 N $13.99 , audio
Amazon UK K £4.99 , Audible , PB £7.03
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