Overview

For the first time, Emily O'Beirne's beautiful, two-part, lesbian coming-of-age series is together in one book.

In "A Story of Now," Claire is nineteen, brittle, sassy, and knows she needs a life. And some new friends. Enter the warm, brilliant Mia who seems to get Claire like no one has before.

In "The Sum of These Things," Claire has learned falling for a girl is easy. Now comes the hard part: learning to trust. Then there's the question of what to do with her life.

A new volunteer job working with kids offers a glimpse of a potential future, one her pushy mother isn't going to like.

Negotiating this new terrain of adulthood isn't easy. But the biggest lesson for Claire is how not to let anything get in the way of her happiness. Especially herself.