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Brooke Skipstone

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Brooke Skipstone is a multi-award-winning author who lives in Alaska where she watches the mountains change colors with the seasons from her balcony. Where she feels the constant rush toward winter as the sunlight wanes for six months of the year, seven minutes each day, bringing crushing cold that lingers even as the sun climbs again. Where the burst of life during summer is urgent under twenty-four-hour daylight, lush and decadent. Where fish swim hundreds of miles up rivers past bear claws and nets and wheels and lines of rubber-clad combat fishers, arriving humped and ragged, dying as they spawn. Where danger from the land and its animals exhilarates the senses, forcing her to appreciate the difference between life and death. Where the ...more

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	The Queering 4.01 avg rating — 172 ratings — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Moonstone Girls 4.16 avg rating — 162 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Crystal's House of Queers 3.82 avg rating — 137 ratings — published 2021 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Some Laneys Died (Skipping Sideways #1) 3.79 avg rating — 113 ratings — published 2020 — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Someone to Kiss My Scars 3.92 avg rating — 109 ratings — published 2019 — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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Brooke Skipstone rated a book it was amazing The Queering by Brooke Skipstone (Goodreads Author)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
Editor's Pick Booklife Reviews: "A fast-paced yet thoughtful romance of coming out and finding love in later life in Alaska. . . . [A] rousing must read." 5 Star Clarion Reviews: "A riveting novel . . . about love, courage, and solidarity." Kirkus Revi ...more
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Brooke Skipstone and 2 other people liked Harper's review of The Queering: "An exciting story from beginning to end, The Queering is extremely timely. The local podcaster spouts common tropes about the dangers of the LGBTQ+ community, similar to what anyone can hear daily on the internet and TV. Except the women in this stor" Read more of this review »
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Brooke Skipstone and 5 other people liked Aria Harlow's review of The Queering: "This was an incredible read that was so fresh and original and I just couldn't put it down. It is well written with a riveting storyline that was constantly engaging there was never a time hen I felt like it slipped or lulled. The characters are incr" Read more of this review »
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Brooke Skipstone and 2 other people liked April's review of The Queering: "The Queering is a critical commentary on the evolving LGBTQ scene and a celebration of queer love in the face of patriarchy. It's a tale of love and loss and loneliness and isolation. Taylor Baird MacKenzie is a seventy-year-old, unhappily married wom" Read more of this review »
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In this coming-of-age novel set in the late 1960s, a young lesbian challenges her bigoted father and rigid society to claim her identity with pride and hope. . . . Skipstone has delved into a vibrant era of rapidly changing values with empathy and au ...more
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Brooke Skipstone answered a question about The Moonstone Girls: I see The Moonstone Girls has queer main characters, but can I ask what specific LGBT+ rep it will have? Spencer and his boyfriend Pablo are gay. Tracy is lesbian but feels more comfortable in boys' clothes. She is perhaps nonbinary, but this term was not in use in 1967/68. Girls' clothing in school was limited to dresses. Tracy's manguise becomes a sign See Full Answer
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“Who knows what goes on inside men’s minds? Do they know? Do they make real choices or just follow their dicks everywhere?”
― Brooke Skipstone, Some Laneys Died

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