Blum tells her story with a razor wit and deft precision, a story about two "girls with grit," and the child they decide to raise, right where they are, in small town America. A depiction of small town life with all its comforts and its terrors, this memoir speaks to anyone who has ever felt like an outsider in America. This is a cautionary, wise, and celebratory tale about what it’s like to be different in America-both the good and the bad.
The town responds in radically different ways to the couple’s presence, from prayer vigils on the village green to a feature article in the family section of the local newspaper. Mixing humor with memorable prose, Blum recounts how a quiet, conservative town in an impoverished stretch of Appalachia reacts as she and a local woman, Connie, fall in love, move in together, and determine to live their life together openly and truthfully. Blum, author of the critically acclaimed novel Amnesty, now tells the story of her own life and her decision to be out, loud, and pregnant. Les informations fournies dans la section « Synopsis » peuvent faire référence à une autre édition. "This is a funny, moving story about life in a small town, from the point of view of a pregnant lesbian. Youre Not from Around Here, Are You: A Lesbian in Small-Town America de Blum, Louise A.
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