Years earlier, in high school, desperate to escape his home life and his disapproving, troubled mother, Justin falls into the hands of his first lover, a slightly older boy living on his own who offers Justin some semblance of intimacy and refuge.
But it hits a new breaking point when Justin spirals out of control, unable to manage his sobriety and the sustained effects of a brain injury. Willa and Justin’s relationship has always been strained yet loving, frustrating and close. As Justin tries to connect with the people she’s closest to-her landlord, her boyfriend, their mother-she begins to feel exposed. Willa lives a carefully ordered life working as a nurse and making ornate dioramas in her spare time. When they were children, Willa played the role of her brother’s protector, but now, afraid of the chaos he might bring, she’s reluctant to let him in. The home he's made for himself has collapsed, as has everything else in his life. Opening like a fairy tale and ending like a nightmare, this cannonball of a queer coming-of-age novel follows a young man's relationship with a violen Opening like a fairy tale and ending like a nightmare, this cannonball of a queer coming-of-age novel follows a young man's relationship with a violent older boyfriend-and how he and his sister survive a terrible crimeĪfter years of severed communication, Justin appears on his sister’s doorstep needing a place to stay. Enter for a chance to win one of twenty finished copies of Richard Mirabella's 'Brother & Sister Enter the Forest'! Enter for a chance to win one of twenty finished copies of Richard Mirabella's 'Brother & Sister Enter the Forest'!.
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