This is a heart book for me. I went to at least one week-long sleep away camp each summer and this story held such an immense sense of nostalgia for me. The idea of going to an adult's summer camp for a week appeals to me so much because camp was often some of my best memories growing up. Also, the fact that Garland, our MC, realized she had ignored and explained  away her queerness her entire life because of how she thought she should live? Umm, hello relatable content! I highlighted so many quotes in this one because I just felt understood. The story made me cry at a couple points and is making me tear up just thinking about how much it made me feel seen, so thank you Bridget Morrisey for that. The tiny construction workers in my chest are definitely working overtime (IYKYK). 

Quotes:
-"She did joy like I'd already imagined she did everything else, with assuredness."
-"It was delightfully simple to spend time with her. I didn't feel like I had to hoard conversation topics in case of emergency. We had an immediate ease that usually came with history or practice. We could have talked for hours."
-"The smell of breakfast food always reminded me of hope." 
-"I thought I knew everything about myself, when in reality I'd been ignoring my own truth in favor of keeping things from getting too complicated."
-"I liked men. And women. Anyone, really. And I hadn't let myself hold space for it because I'd been so fucking obsessed with ticking off boxes for the life I thought I needed to have that I didn't pay much attention to the life I wanted to have."
-"Turned out, existing was the only thing required in earning my authentic life."
-"All the pieces of myself I'd never acknowledged before this week now for me so well they seemed like the entirety of my person."
-"My queerness shifted the lens through which I viewed my whole life."