Publication
Broadway Books (2006), 352 pages
Collections
Awards
Lambda Literary Award (Nominee — 2006)
Content and Summary Info
Bisexual Content: A main character (cisgender man) has/has had romantic and/or sexual relationships with people of more than one gender.
Intersecting Marginalized Identities: Several characters (including the bisexual character) are black and working-class.
Publisher's Summary: Growing up in the Ninth Ward of New Orleans, Johnny and Tonya meet in high school and fall for each other. Yet their romance falls apart when Johnny seriously injures Tonya’s ex-boyfriend in an altercation...Depressed and deflated in jail, Johnny comes back to life thanks to the help of Pandora, the prison’s “den mother,” and James, who helps Johnny study for his GED...