

Not quite cinnamon toast, but a cinnamon scone I ate while reading! I really liked how this book vividly brought (80s) rural Nova Scotia to life. Emotionally it was also very vivid, but quite tense & exhausting. Not surprisingly given the setting, Stephen's coming out narrative involves encountering a lot of homophobia. There are funny & sweet moments but overall it's a fairly heavy although beautifully told story (w/ a happy ending). #QueerBooks