Kat Georges asked Julia Watts:

I've heard about your new book, Quiver. What's that about? and when will it be out?

Julia Watts Hi, Kat! Quiver is a young adult novel that focuses on two teens in two very different families living in rural East Tennessee. Libby is the oldest of six children in a Quiverfull family. Quiverfull is a Christian evangelical philosophy with the view that the man is anointed by God to lead the family, that the woman is his subservient helpmeet, and that the couple should have as many children as possible so they can grow up to perpetuate this lifestyle as well. Libby starts an unlikely friendship with Zo, a genderfluid teen whose family--who is as liberal as Libby's family is conservative--moves into the farmhouse next door. I guess you could say it's a dramatization of the current "culture wars" which shows the need for people to reach out to each other in friendship.

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