Weirdo

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How does one live through trauma and emerge applauding all the good that came from it? In her debut poetry collection, Julia Gaskill strives to answer this question. WEIRDO is a praise of girlhood through the lens of grief. This book delves into the death of a mother, the loss of religion alongside the discovery of one's queerness, and the friends who adore you for all your stubborn eccentricities. Simultaneously a love letter and a eulogy to one's childhood, weirdo walks a tightrope through a muddled youth to find the people who better you, the memories worth holding onto, and the person who came out the other side despite everything.