{"product_id":"the-stars-they-told-me-o-mae-9798245431550","title":"The stars they told me not to love: for love stories never allowed","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe Stars They Told Me Not to Love\u003c\/b\u003e is a tender, soul-deep poetry collection about love between women, healing without shame, and the quiet holiness of being fully seen.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWritten from the space between longing and becoming, these poems trace a journey from silence to truth, from hiding to devotion, from fear to love lived openly and without apology.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis collection reclaims queer love as sacred.\u003cbr\u003eNot something to be hidden.\u003cbr\u003eNot something to be justified.\u003cbr\u003eBut something inherently worthy, radiant, and whole.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThese poems exist not only for the queer community, \u003cbr\u003ebut for anyone willing to see love more clearly.\u003cbr\u003eFor too long, queer love has lived in the shadows.\u003cbr\u003eThis collection brings it into the light, \u003cbr\u003enot as something to defend, \u003cbr\u003ebut as something undeniably beautiful.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWithin these pages, love is soft but unyielding.\u003cbr\u003eHealing is slow and honest.\u003cbr\u003eAnd holiness is found not in doctrine, but in presence, intimacy, and choosing one another again and again.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis book is for the girls still waiting.\u003cbr\u003eFor the women learning to love without fear.\u003cbr\u003eFor the ones unlearning shame.\u003cbr\u003eAnd for anyone who was ever told their love was wrong.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMay these poems be a safe place to land.\u003cbr\u003eMay they remind you that your love was never the sin.\u003cbr\u003eAnd that you were always meant to love\u003cbr\u003ein the light, unashamed.\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003elove.unhidden.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e O. Mae\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9798245431550\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Independently Published\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 03\/01\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 176\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.40lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.00h x 5.00w x 0.41d","brand":"O. Mae","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48447402213631,"sku":"9798245431550","price":14.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_170e86e4-5d4c-41f8-b29a-30e34d84569d.jpg?v=1777230870","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-stars-they-told-me-o-mae-9798245431550","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}