Girls Girls Girls by Shoshana von Blanckensee
When the financial strains of West Coast living push the girls to start stripping at The Chez Paree — yet another secret Hannah must keep from her family — Hannah feels trapped. Sam wants her at the club, but Hannah hates stripping nearly as much as she hates disappointing Sam. Then Hannah meets Chris, an older butch lesbian, who is immediately taken with her. Desperate to stay in San Francisco, but away from the leering men at the club, Hannah proposes an escort arrangement.
But as Hannah falls deeper into Chris' world and Sam starts to meet new queer friends, a rift forms between them. Without Sam, who is Hannah? And what becomes of San Francisco to Hannah alone — a space rich with queer possibility, or an intimidating, unfamiliar place, just as lonely as the one she'd left behind? An achingly tender and resonant story of survival, first love, and growing up queer in the '90s, Girls Girls Girls is a piercing exploration of the choices we make in the thrilling and often confounding search for ourselves and home.
(From Random House Canada)
Girls Girls Girls is available in June 2025.
Shoshana Von Blanckensee lives in Berkeley, California, with her partner and children. By day, she works as an oncology nurse, and in her spare moments, she writes. Girls Girls Girls is her debut novel.
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