Lilies of the Bowery by Lily R. Mason

By Lily R. Mason

indexed as considered one of AfterEllen's best five Lesbian and Bi YA Titles of 2015, Lilies of the Bowery follows eighteen-year-old Joan Passerini from the instant she arrives in long island urban together with her mom and brother after an laborious voyage from Napoli in the summertime of 1914. discovering neither the milk or honey the United States had promised, Joan is readily upset with town; the warmth and noise and poverty are oppressive, and her father, who journeyed forward to discover paintings and lodgings, is nowhere to be stumbled on. Tucked right into a disorganized laundry, Joan meets an not going better half named Paloma Morello, who's as secretive as she is gorgeous. As Joan develops an excessive appeal to her, she discovers that even though issues aren't continually as they appear, all love is sanctuary.

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