This book is a really wonderful read. Some moments are laugh out loud, some are sober, some are profound. I found myself reading quotes to my friends as I went. We needed a book like this, and Krista did an incredible job of realizing it.

This was really good!! The author decides to go on a giant road trip across the US to visit all of the remaining lesbian bars, interview the owners and customers, and generally just see the vibe of each one. It was fascinating to learn about the similarities and differences between the bars and I found myself googling images of them so I could imagine where she was in each chapter. This isn’t a queer history book, it’s a queer present day book, and it captures little moments around the country. While it’s mostly travel nonfiction, the author also mixes in a little bit of memoir and tells bits and pieces of her life story. She’s an exmormon lesbian married to a trans man, and you get to know more about their relationship as well as the author’s experience coming out in a religious family. I thought that there was a good balance between the traveling and the memoir-ing!

I enjoyed this read a lot and definitely recommend if you like the travel/memoir nonfiction genre and queer stories!

Thanks to NetGalley and the publisher for this ARC.