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Author:

Watts, Julia, 1969- author.

Title:

Quiver : a novel / Julia Watts.

Publisher:

Three Rooms Press,

Copyright Date:

2018

Description:

289 pages ; 21 cm

Subject:

Teenage girls--Fiction.
Sexual minorities--Fiction.
Fundamentalism--Fiction.
Friendship--Fiction.
Quiverfull movement--Fiction.
Gender-nonconforming youth--Fiction.
Sexual minorities--Fiction.
Neighbors--Fiction.
Families--Fiction.
Friendship--Fiction.
Families--Fiction.
Friendship in adolescence--Fiction.
Sexual minorities--Fiction.
Neighbors--Fiction.
Young adult fiction.
Novels.

Summary:

"Libby is the oldest child of six, going on seven, in a family that adheres to the "quiverfull" lifestyle: strict evangelical Christians who believe that they should have as many children as God allows because children are like arrows in the quiver of "God's righteous warriors." Meanwhile, her new neighbor, Zo is a gender fluid teen whose feminist, socialist, vegetarian family recently relocated from the city in search of a less stressful life because her family are as far to the left ideologically as Libby's family is to the right, and yet Libby and Zo, who are the same age, feel a connection that leads them to friendship - a friendship that seems doomed from the start because of their families' differences. Through deft storytelling, built upon extraordinary character development, author Watts offers a close examination of the contemporary compartmentalization of social interactions. The tensions that spring from their families cultural differences reflect the pointed conflicts found in todays society, and illuminate a path for broader consideration"--Amazon.com.

ISBN:

1941110665
9781941110669

OCLC:

(OCoLC)1055632682

LCCN:

2018940808

Locations:

KSPG296 -- Burlington Public Library (Burlington)

UKPD911 -- Carlisle Public Library (Carlisle)

SAPG074 -- Cedar Falls Public Library (Cedar Falls)

TYPH572 -- Cedar Rapids Public Library (Cedar Rapids)

CBPF522 -- Coralville Public Library (Coralville)

XXPH787 -- Council Bluffs Public Library (Council Bluffs)

3HSX245 -- Denison High School (Denison)

BAPH771 -- Des Moines Public Library (Des Moines)

TFPI826 -- Scott County Library System (Eldridge)

YEPF572 -- Marion Public Library (Marion)

YMPD532 -- Monticello Public Library (Monticello)

DPPE403 -- Kendall Young Library (Webster City)

GEPG771 -- West Des Moines Public Library (West Des Moines)