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A review by sincerelyhadley
Pulp by Robin Talley
4.0
This book has perfectly encapsulated what it's like to come out and what it's like to be lgbt. Even with the different frames of time, some of those reactions are still ones you will get today in present time, sadly. Robin's gift in wrapping this in a neat little 416 page package, is one I can never thank her enough for. What she has done allows so many young (and older) people who have yet to come out to not feel so alone and feel validated. Even those who have come out already, such as myself, are allowed a comfort in knowing they are not alone in their experience.
There was a line in the book that really hit home fore and I think hits home for a lot of queer youth: It was time I put away my foolish past and became what everyone had always told me I was meant to be: some man’s wife.
That was always my biggest fear growing up. My biggest battle. I never thought I would have the pleasure of loving a woman (PS, I have had that pleasure) and I never thought I would get to be happy. Because how could I be happy with a man?
Fictional or not, it's just a reminder that this is something that goes on in the lives of others and together we will all get through it.
Thank you, Robin.
There was a line in the book that really hit home fore and I think hits home for a lot of queer youth: It was time I put away my foolish past and became what everyone had always told me I was meant to be: some man’s wife.
That was always my biggest fear growing up. My biggest battle. I never thought I would have the pleasure of loving a woman (PS, I have had that pleasure) and I never thought I would get to be happy. Because how could I be happy with a man?
Fictional or not, it's just a reminder that this is something that goes on in the lives of others and together we will all get through it.
Thank you, Robin.