The Transformative Joy of A Good Breakup

Lee Lai’s Stone Fruit is the kind of book that stays with you. Since I finished reading it, the graphic novel has been lingering in the corners of my mind, sticky and sweet as a nectarine. It’s a book about family, breakups, queerness, childhood, sisters, and healing, but most of all, Stone Fruit is an […] The post The Transformative Joy of A Good Breakup appeared first on Electric Literature. Continue reading at 'Electric Literature'

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