Juliet Takes a Breath

"This queer coming-of-age story – about a Puerto Rican teenager from the Bronx coming to terms with her identity – is a tale of finding strength through vulnerability, and self through change. Author Gabby Rivera, who, like Juliet, also uprooted to Portland, Ore., told NPR that she has a message for young people coming out for the first time: “Your work is not to make your mom accept you,” she says. “That’s your mom’s work. … Your work is to just live authentically and as honestly as you can.” Through Juliet’s eyes, Rivera amplifies POC voices, confronts white feminism and asks us all to be a little more open. Pa’lante!"

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