I don't read trans narratives with expectations, but Quinn's mastery of world-weaving, crisp imagery, soothing of human vulnerabilities-of hard-won queer self-discovery, of what it feels like to think you're alone in the world with your struggles but then to find galaxies of friends waiting just for you-you'll feel relieved that the emotional struggle was not only worth it, but essential for one's own growth and validation. Don’t just read this book, let it devour you whole. Girl in the Walls is a staggeringly beautiful, heart-wrenching work that literally brought me to tears. Katy Michelle Quinn is a profoundly important writer who has gifted us a story of uncertainty, pain-both physical and emotional-and the conflict of becoming one’s true self. Sam Richard, Wonderland Award-winning author of To Wallow in Ash & Other Sorrows “Heartfelt and full of wonder, Girl in the Walls further establishes Quinn as one of the rawest and realest fabulists writing today.” PRAISE FOR GIRL IN THE WALLSĭanger Slater, Wonderland Award-winning author of I Will Rot Without You, Puppet Skin, and more
But as Vernon and Violet become friends, Vernon starts to realize that she’s much more like him than he thought, leading him down a fairy-tale path of self-discovery. She’s pretty and cool, and she has a closetful of cute clothes. It’s a relief when Vernon discovers a space inside the walls of his bedroom, a space inhabited by a mysterious girl named Violet. Neither was moving into an old house in a bumpkin-run town in the Cascadian forest, where the shadows move and the stairs make a sound like dying crows. Leaving the city was not Vernon’s choice.
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