![]() It turns out that coming out isn't something that happens just once. In Rome she is invisible and as confusing as that is, it's also easier. ![]() It's not quite true to herself, but in Rome no one stares at her for her outfits or for her lesbian best friend who flirts with every attractive woman she meets. It's a ridiculous set-up because it hardly seems just that a father who supports his daughter regardless of her sexuality would ask her to change herself, but it brings up a host of fascinating points.įirstly, Joanna finds that she doesn't mind being closeted. ![]() This is a story of a girl who has already come out to her friends and family in Atlanta but who is asked, by her father and new stepmother, to conceal her sexual identity in small-town Rome, Georgia where she moves for her senior year of high school. But Georgia Peaches and Other Forbidden Fruit shares some deeply important messages in a thoughtful manner that cannot be ignored-perhaps, especially, in wake of the Orlando tragedy. ![]() In fact, it is so full of plot holes and unnecessary dilemmas that I'm surprised I managed to get through it. Georgia Peaches and Other Forbidden Fruit is not a perfect book, not by any means. ![]()
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