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It's 1976, and Greer Johnson has found herself pregnant, single, and packed off to Florida.
Bunking with total strangers to await and hide the birth of her boss's child, she finds herself unmoored and friendless in the sun-and-fun-obsessed Key West.
While searching for something, anything to give her comfort, Greer does have a few things going for her: She's surrounded by an unusual parade of singular advisors, neighbors, and allies in a strange new environment, and a wild imagination run amok. But will her flights of fancy be her salvation, or her ultimate undoing?
A beautifully illustrated, nostalgic, and timely graphic novel about fate and making a life from scratch.
"Illuminating universal themes in a tale of well-observed specificities, this dazzles." —Publishers Weekly (starred review)
"A literary and visual feast." —Foreword Reviews (starred review)
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Lee Dean, author of the graphic short story collection I Am Young (Fantagraphics), is a cartoonist and artist who has been doing comics for the past fifteen years. Born and raised in Florida, they take inspiration for their work from the places they've lived in or visited, pop culture, history, art, and queer life. They now live in the Hudson Valley, making new comics alongside their partner.
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