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But How Are You, Really
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| Authors | Ella Dawson |
|---|---|
| Genre | Adult – Contemporary |
| Release Date | June 4, 2024 |
| Publisher | Dutton, PRH |
| Tags | Queer |
Description
A burned-out bisexual confronts old demons, her estranged chosen family, and the ex she maybe shouldn’t have walked away from when she attends her five-year college reunion.
Charlotte Thorne does not want to go back to Hein University. Her life postcollege isn’t what she expected—her career in media is stalled, her passion for drawing has fallen by the wayside, and she’s done a terrible job keeping in touch with her queer chosen family since graduation day. Willingly spend a full weekend with her incredibly successful classmates? Hard pass.
But when her demanding boss, tech journalist Roger Ludermore, is invited to give the commencement address at this year’s graduation—which falls on the same weekend as her five-year reunion—Charlotte has no choice but to return to campus.
The minute she steps foot on Hein property, the past comes crawling back in its glory and cringe: disco parties at the LGBTQIA+ program house, sleeping in a twin XL bed, and her chemistry with Reece Krueger, the hockey player she rebounded with after a traumatic breakup. Suddenly the weekend Charlotte has dreaded for months feels like an opportunity to go back in time. Determined to have some fun, Charlotte dodges her best friend’s questions about her mental health, ignores her boss’s constant Slack messages, and tries to avoid the truth about why she ghosted Reece five years ago. But can she really outrun her past and get her life together in seventy-two hours?
About the Authors
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lla Dawson is a sex and culture critic who drinks too much Diet Coke. Her debut novel, But How Are You, Really, will be published by Dutton Books on June 4, 2024. In her nonfiction work, she digs into topics we usually avoid in polite company including domestic violence, trauma recovery, and sexuality. She is reader-supported via Patreon, where she shares exclusive essays, videos and pop culture recommendations each week.
Ella is represented by Jamie Carr at The Book Group and Orly Greenberg at UTA (film/TV). Her short fiction has been published in seven erotica collections, most recently The Big Book Of Orgasms, Volume II, edited by Rachel Kramer Bussel. You can purchase many of her published works on Amazon here. You can read Ella’s nonfiction work in ELLE, MTV, Bumble, Vox, Women’s Health, and more. Her TEDx talk about fighting STI stigma has been viewed over 800,000 times, and her patient advocacy has been featured in the Washington Post, HuffPost, TeenVogue, and New York Magazine. Her work was even recognized by Hillary Clinton.
Ella has a BA from Wesleyan University, where she majored in Feminist, Gender and Sexuality Studies with a concentration in feminist pop culture criticism.
You can follow her on Twitter, Instagram, and Facebook. Read more of her work when you join her Patreon community.
