We Had No Rules (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781551527994)

A young teenager stays a step ahead of her parents' sexuality-based restrictions by running away and learns a very different set of rules. A woman grieves the loss of a sister, a "gay divorce," and the pain of unacknowledged abuse with the help of a lone wallaby on a farm in Washington State. A professor of women's and gender studies revels in academic and sexual power but risks losing custody of the family dog.
In Corinne Manning's stunning debut story collection, a cast of queer characters explore the choice of assimilation over rebellion. In this historical moment that's hyperaware of and desperate to define even the slowest of continental shifts, when commitment succumbs to the logic of capitalism and nobody knows what to call each other or themselves--Gay? Lesbian? Queer? Partners? Dad?--who are we? And if we don't know who we are, what exactly can we offer each other?
Spanning the years 1992 to 2019, and moving from New York to North Carolina to Seattle, the eleven first-person stories in We Had No Rules feature characters who feel the promise of a radically reimagined world but face complicity instead.

Author: Corinne Manning
ISBN-10: 1551527995
ISBN-13: 9781551527994
Publisher: Arsenal Pulp Press
Language: English
Published: 05/12/2020
Pages: 192
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.55lbs
Size: 7.87h x 5.91w x 0.39d

Review Citation(s):
Kirkus Reviews 03/01/2020
Publishers Weekly 03/23/2020
Booklist 04/01/2020 pg. 23
Shelf Awareness 05/22/2020