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Toni and Gretchen are the couple everyone envied in high school. They've been together forever, never fighting, deeply in love. When they separate for their first year at college—Toni to Harvard and Gretchen to NYU—they hope the distance will be manageable. The reality of being apart proves far more complex than they imagined, forcing them to confront their own identities and the limits of their relationship.
First publish date: 2015
Genre: LGBTQ+ Fiction/Lesbian Fiction
Authors: Robin Talley
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