That’s the brilliant job YA has done in equipping us to recognise the infinite variations of “normal” relationships in the real world. Once upon a time, The Lies We Tell Ourselves would have been viewed as ultra-controversial, today it’s seen as celebrating diversity.
So whatever our individual blend of sexuality, gender, age, race or culture, these books make every single one of us think about the labels we stick on each other. That’s the beauty of YA literature it persuades everyone to consider the issues raised because we’re all affected by them. Sarah and Linda face massive opposition but the novel ends on an upbeat note.Īnd is it only readers who identify as LGBTQ who enjoy it? Course not. As well as being a page-turning read about desegregation, it’s such a beautiful love story. Robin Talley’s powerful The Lies We Tell Ourselves, set in 1959 Virginia, goes a step further with a interracial gay couple. Tess Sharp, Liz Kessler, David Levithan, Jandy Nelson, Bill Konisberg and Lisa Williamson have recently placed LGBTQ characters and their relationships at the heart of their stories. Authors today can write books that 20, maybe even 10 years ago, would’ve been way too edgy for publication.
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