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In a Hopeless Place

Woodworking by Emily St. James

August 8, 2025 by Jake Leave a Comment

Read as part of CBR17 Bingo: citizen. One of the major subplots involves the characters in this book using their rights as citizens to rally around a longshot candidate they want to try and elect. There has never been an easy time for trans people. That wasn’t true in the 1990s. That wasn’t true before Trump I or Trump II. That’s not true today. Depending on where people live, there have been times that are less bad. But never a time that has been “good.” […]

Filed Under: Fiction Tagged With: cbr17bingo, Citizen, Emily St. James, LGBTQIA, South Dakota, trans, woodworking

Jake's CBR17 Review No:33 · Genres: Fiction · Tags: cbr17bingo, Citizen, Emily St. James, LGBTQIA, South Dakota, trans, woodworking ·
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Woodworking by Emily St. James

Woodworking by Emily St. James

April 2, 2025 by Classic 2 Comments

Wow what a great book. I loved it from the beginning to the end. No notes. “Woodworking” follows Abigail, a 17 year old teen trans girl living in Mitchell, South Dakota. She keeps focusing on when she becomes 18 she can get away from her family and do what she considers “woodworking” meaning she will be able to do what she needs to for her to be fully Abigail and be like every other girl out there. Her plans are thrown into the trash though […]

Filed Under: Fiction, Romance, Young Adult Tagged With: Emily St. James, woodworking

Classic's CBR17 Review No:40 · Genres: Fiction, Romance, Young Adult · Tags: Emily St. James, woodworking ·
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