There's no Heaven for Boys Like Me

There's no Heaven for Boys Like Me

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Romance
There's No Heaven for Boys Like Me is a quiet, devastating story about growing up unseen. Lucius is a boy who dreams of warmth of a version of himself that feels whole, loved, and safe. But waking life is colder. In a house where silence speaks louder than words and love feels conditional, Lucius learns early how to make himself small. As the weight of neglect, queerness, and unspoken pain presses down on him, Lucius drifts between what is and what could have been, between memory, fantasy, and the slow unraveling of hope. This is a story about the moments that shape us, the ones that break us, and the ones that almost save us. Raw, intimate, and deeply human, There's No Heaven for Boys Like Me explores boyhood, mental illness, and the aching need to be loved in a world that so often looks away. Some boys are told heaven is waiting. Lucius just wants to survive the earth.
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