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When a group of social activists arrive in a small town, the lives and beliefs of residents and outsiders alike are upended, in this wry, embracing novel.Big Burr, Kansas, is the kind of place where everyone seems to know everyone, and everyone shares the same values-or keeps their opinions to themselves. But when a national nonprofit labels Big Burr "the most homophobic town in the US" and sends in a task force of queer volunteers as an experiment-they'll live and work in the community for two years in an attempt to broaden hearts and minds-no one is truly prepared for what will ensue. Furious at being uprooted from her life in Los Angeles and desperate to fit in at her new high school, Avery fears that it's only a matter of time before her "gay crusader" mom outs her.
About the Author
Celia currently attends the University of New Mexico's creative writing MFA program for fiction, and in summer 2016 she attended the Tin House Summer Writers' Workshop. She lives in Albuquerque with her wife. Her work has appeared or is forthcoming in the Minnesota Review, Necessary Fiction, and other magazines. Come as a Guest is part of a novel in progress.
