The Summer of Dead Birds. Ali Liebegott

The Summer of Dead Birds - Ali Liebegott

Book will come with French flaps Newest title in Feminist Press's Amethyst Editions imprint This book is a sister title to  The Beautifully Worthless (City Lights), winner of the 2006 Lambda Literary Award for best lesbian debut fiction. Ali Liebegott has a cult following and a strong personal literary network that will help support this book. Lesbian relationships rarely survive the death of a parent , Ali Liebegott's therapist tells her in the pages of this novel-in-verse. Despite Ali's defiance, the prediction comes true. In  Summer of Dead Birds , she explores the toll of mental illness and grief on romantic partnerships—fragile things anyway—through a lesbian lens.