![]() ![]() Sexual assault features in the story it’s an aspect of the lesbian experience that is not often depicted, and it’s handled with sensitivity and compassion. Shani’s journey to understanding her history and its ramifications for her present is never overwrought and all the more poignant for it. The text is rich in dialogue, the first-person voice distinct and controlled. Arlow demonstrates a nimble command of the genre, executing a lean, character-centric plot with a satisfying balance of sweet, funny, and heavy moments. ![]() Like all the best-laid plans, hers go awry when she finds herself on a literal collision course with a very cute girl named May. ![]() Queer Jewish love stubbornly blooms despite the cold of a Washington, D.C., winter.įresh off a cataclysmic first semester of college, Shani is determined to pass her winter break internship at the Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History like a Jewish nun: no girls, no distractions, just fossils. ![]()
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