The Comedienne's Guide to Pride
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4.5 • 4 Ratings
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- $9.99
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- $9.99
Publisher Description
Wicked funny and hella gay, it's time for Taylor Parker to come out about a lot of things.
When Taylor is accepted as a finalist for a diverse writers' internship at Saturday Night Live, it turns her life upside down. And if Taylor wants a shot at winning, she'll have to come out about both of her secrets: she wants to be a comedian ... and she's a lesbian.
The only thing keeping Taylor from self-combusting is her pining for Salem's most bewitching actress — out and proud classmate, Charlotte Grey. So when Taylor finds herself sitting opposite Charlotte to discuss a school project, Taylor's simmering need to tell everyone exactly who she is and what she wants burns hotter than ever ...
From Australian author Hayli Thomson comes a deeply relatable and hilarious queer rom-com about coming out as funny and gay.
PRAISE
'Witty and charming and real'
- Tobias Madden
'A beautiful queer love story'
- Jamie Pacton
'Punchy, raw, and laugh-out-loud funny'
- Skye Quinlan
'Hayli Thomson's debut is ideal for readers who are after something light-hearted and littered with one-liners, lesbian longing and deadpan delivery of funny misinformation'
- Books + Publishing
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
When white closeted lesbian Taylor Parker is named an NBC Emerging Writers Diversity Award finalist, which could lead to a Saturday Night Live internship, she has two months to either come out before her name is released to the public, or forfeit the opportunity. Afraid to confide in her inn-owner mother and Christian-comic father, Taylor considers giving up ("You don't deserve it and it isn't worth it," Taylor says of her own nomination), until her classmate and longtime crush, Charlotte Grey, who is white and out, admits her feelings for Taylor. Then family friend Jen, whom Taylor assumed was a lesbian, visits with boyfriend Ryan in tow, inspiring further internal turmoil. As Taylor and Charlotte begin a secret romance, the clock winds down, and Taylor must decide: is she ready to share her truth, or will she let the internship—and her potential future with Charlotte—slip away? Taylor's struggles to maneuver emotional vulnerability amid tense familial dynamics, which include strained relationships with her father and Jen, resonate. Thomson's laugh-out-loud debut, buoyed by the teens' heartwarming romance and Taylor's sardonic, aspiring-comic voice, deftly intertwines the sometimes conflicting paths to chasing one's dreams and being oneself. Ages 14–up.
