“Now she laid the women pilots on the bed next to Katharine Hepburn and Tommy Andrews and looked at them all in succession. She couldn’t put into words why she had gathered these photos together, but she could feel it in her bones: a hot and restless urge to look—and, by looking, to know.”

TO LOOK AND BY LOOKING TO KNOW!!!!!!!!!!! MY GOD. malinda lo has been changing the game since i was in MIDDLE SCHOOL and i am so grateful for this work. oh to be gay in public!!!!!!!!

this book is so gorgeous and sad and hopeful and had me making involuntary horrified/delighted noises of recognition and remembrance. to look—and, by looking, to know. what a privilege to look; what an honor to know. THANK YOU MALINDA