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By turns tender and punk-tough, Shine of the Ever is a literary mixtape of queer voices out of 1990s Portland. This collection of interconnected short stories explores what binds a community of queer and trans people as they negotiate love, screwing up, and learning to forgive themselves for being young and sometimes foolish.

Die 15-jährige Hailie Monet wächst bescheiden, aber behütetet auf, bis ihre Familie bei einem tragischen Autounfall zu Tode kommt. Plötzlich Waise, erfährt Hailie, dass sie fünf ältere Halbbrüder in Amerika hat: Vincent, Will, Dylan, Shane und Tony. In der Luxusvilla in Pennsylvania hat Hailie alles, wovon sie träumen könnte, und fühlt sich dennoch einsam.

Penny and Victoria are about as different as two siblings can be, one with a smart London lifestyle, the other struggling to make ends meet. But they are joined by more than blood, and their shared tragic past is affecting the present more than they realise. When events begin to tug at the fabric beneath which dark secrets are hidden, the resulting chaos threatens to tear the two families apart. Could there be aspects of the past that youngest child Penny doesn't remember? Could the truth of Marge be more complex than the beloved mother the girls choose to perceive?

Pamela is a newly retired teacher with time on her hands. She’s finding it hard to muster enthusiasm for what’s ahead: exhausting postdivorce dating rituals and an uneasy relationship with her emotionally stunted, live-at-home son. But for Pamela, there’s a surprise in store that could challenge the status quo and, against all expectations, make life interesting again.

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사춘기 소녀의 이야기로 시작된 이야기는 고모할머니 이야기로 확장되고 할머니의 이야기는 우리나라의 현대사의 한 부분을 담고 있다. 공장에 하루 종일 갇혀 18시간 동안 미싱을 돌렸던 그때, 그런 일들이 잘못되었다고 소리도 내지 못했던 그때, 모여서 야학을 하고, 부당한 근무 환경을 개선하기 위한 모임을 만들었던 그때로 돌아간다.