Will Juliet learn how to love and embrace all of the wonderful, messy and quirky parts of herself? The Characters

She comes out to the world, her family, her dearest friends and most importantly, to herself. Juliet learns the true meaning of having pride and coming out. This was a summer like no other… It was filled to the brim with amazing queer brown parties and gatherings, a lovely entanglement with an adorable motorcycling librarian and there were a lot of thought-provoking discussions about race and identity. She isn’t from the Bronx and she has no idea what Juliet’s life is really like so she can only make wild guesses. Juliet believes that her internship with Harlowe Brisbane-the pussy worshipping, feminist goddess known to all womankind-will help her solve all of her dilemmas. Unfortunately, Juliet’s coming out did not go down well with her mom at all and she doesn’t even know if her mom still loves her or wants to have anything to do with her after that fateful night.Īll is not lost because Juliet has a fool-proof plan… or so she thinks.

She knows that her life will never be the same again after she meets Harlowe. That happened the night before she flew to Portland, Oregon, to intern with the one and only Harlowe Brisbane-the greatest feminist writer of all time. Juliet busted out of the closet and came out to her family during a “goodbye, see you soon” dinner. Juliet Milagros Palante is a cute, introverted and geeky Puerto Rican baby lesbian from the Bronx. This beautiful story deals with family relationships and expectations, feminism, racism, spirituality and love in all of its glorious forms. Juliet Takes A Breath by Gabby Rivera is the kind of coming out and coming of age story that I wished I’d read when I was a teen.

Juliet Takes a Breath by Gabby Rivera