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Let Them Stare
Hardcover
Publisher Price: $22.99
ISBN13: 9780063346246
Publisher: Storytide
Published: May 20 2025
Pages: 336
Weight: 0.84
Height: 0.78 Width: 5.87 Depth: 8.44
Language: English
An instant New York Times and Indie bestseller about friendship, love--and discovering the secrets and beauty of your own hometown.
From Emmy Award winner Jonathan Van Ness of Queer Eye and #1 New York Times bestselling author Julie Murphy comes a bighearted story about a gender-nonconforming teen who buys a vintage handbag, only to find it haunted by the ghost of a drag performer from the fifties with no memory of how he died.
Sully is ready to get out of Hearst, Pennsylvania. With a fashion internship secured, the gender-nonconforming eighteen-year-old is trading in their stifling small town for the big city. Sully even sells their beloved car, to Bread--er, Brad--the most boring (and maybe only other) gay kid in town.
When Sully's internship goes up in smoke, they're trapped in Hearst with no cash--and no car. Desperate, they go to the thrift store, their personal sanctuary. There, they discover a vintage bag--like put this baby in an airtight case at the MET vintage. If Sully can authenticate it, the resale value would be enough for a new life in the city.
But when they begin to investigate, Sully finds themself haunted. Literally. With the ghost of Rufus, a drag performer from the fifties with no memory of how he died standing--no, floating--in their bedroom, Sully's summer has a new purpose: 1) help this ghostly honey unlock his past and move on and 2) make bank--after all, the Real Real doesn't take poltergeist purses.
With Rufus in tow, and Brad--who's looking pretty scrumptious these days--playing chauffeur, Sully delves into the history of the town they're so desperate to escape. Only to discover that there might be more to Hearst than they ever knew.
A quirky, passionate, rebellious, and quick-witted novel. -- Kirkus Reviews (starred review)
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