Stray City A Novel
Stray City A Novel by Chelsey Johnson is a reprint edition published by HarperCollins on March 19, 2019. This 448-page literary work presents a warm and humorous exploration of rebellious youth, motherhood, and the complexities of belonging within a vibrant community. The story follows twenty-three-year-old artist Andrea Morales as she navigates her life in the lesbian underground of Portland, Oregon, after escaping her Midwestern Catholic upbringing. A chance encounter leads to an unexpected pregnancy, prompting Andrea to confront her past and the choices that shape her identity.
Readers will find a narrative that delves into the intricacies of family life and the notion of chosen families. As Andrea’s daughter Lucia grows curious about her absent father, the novel examines themes of identity and belonging, highlighting the challenges of reconciling one’s past with the present. Stray City offers a thoughtful and entertaining perspective on the modern experience of motherhood and the unconventional paths that lead to self-discovery. This edition is presented in English and features dimensions of 8 inches in height and 5.31 inches in length.
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“A thoughtful and joyous literary experience that celebrates its characters and liberally rewards its readers.” —New York Times Book Review, Editors’ Choice
“I tore through this novel like an orphaned reader seeking a home in its ragtag yet shimmering world.” — Carrie Brownstein
“Our ’90s nostalgia is hella high these days, and this tender, funny story made our aging hipster hearts sing.” — Marie Claire
A warm, funny, and whip-smart debut novel about rebellious youth, inconceivable motherhood, and the complications of belonging—to a city, a culture, and a family—when none of them can quite contain who you really are.
All of us were refugees of the nuclear family . . .
Twenty-three-year-old artist Andrea Morales escaped her Midwestern Catholic childhood—and the closet—to create a home and life for herself within the thriving but insular lesbian underground of Portland, Oregon. But one drunken night, reeling from a bad breakup and a friend’s betrayal, she recklessly crosses enemy lines and hooks up with a man. To her utter shock, Andrea soon discovers she’s pregnant—and despite the concerns of her astonished circle of gay friends, she decides to have the baby.
A decade later, when her precocious daughter Lucia starts asking questions about the father she’s never known, Andrea is forced to reconcile the past she hoped to leave behind with the life she’s worked so hard to build.
A thoroughly modern and original anti-romantic comedy, Stray City is an unabashedly entertaining literary debut about the families we’re born into and the families we choose, about finding yourself by breaking the rules, and making bad decisions for all the right reasons.
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