About this item
A whimsical and healing novel about a trans man in New York who - almost 30, laid off, broke - moves back to his small Illinois hometown, walks into the bookstore he worked at in high school. . . and slips through time to come face-to-face with his pre-transition, teenage self.If you had one chance to talk to your younger self ... would you? What would you say?When Darby left Oak Falls for college in NYC, all he wanted was to get as far away as possible, find a community where he could start fresh - and finally forget about his childhood best friend Michael, and just how painfully their friendship ended.Now, about to turn thirty, Darby suddenly finds himself unemployed. With no better alternative, and questioning where he really belongs, he moves back to his hometown.
About the Author
Edward Underhill grew up in the suburbs of Wisconsin, where he could not walk to anything, which meant he had to make up his own adventures. He began writing (very bad) stories as a kid and wrote his first (also very bad) novel in his teens. He currently lives in California, where by day he writes music (most frequently for cartoons) and by night he writes stories, which aren't as bad as they used to be. As a queer trans man, he is passionate about books where queer and trans kids can find themselves in the pages. If you are one of those kids, he promises there will always be a place for you in his books. Edward's debut novel, ALWAYS THE ALMOST, releases from Wednesday Books/Macmillan on February 14, 2023.
