Book Recommendation: Rounding Down

[thebiballerina]

If a book featuring a trans character using her skills to escape an abusive situation is of interest to you, I have a recommendation for you. I recently beta-read Rounding Down by Gregory Sherrow and thoroughly enjoyed it. It's a sort of techno-thriller road trip story, which includes a plotline centered on a transgender woman and a sapphic romance. Also, one of the main characters is a (realistically written) chronically ill person with fatigue, and she still gets to go on the adventure!

Here is the synopsis from the website:

The Bo Degas Bandit Is Dead.

The plan was simple: deep fake a few robbery videos to force the abusive father of a trans teen out of his position as head of the family’s oddball chain of security-crazy, conspiracy-supported, cash-only convenience stores. But when rivals smell blood in the water, revolution spills into the streets as copycat robberies split an already culturally divided nation that is literally burning to the ground from coast to coast in this pre-apocalyptic thriller that will leave you guessing.

It was wonderful to be part of the publication process for this book. I truly appreciated that one of the the main characters on this adventure is chronically ill and has realistic limitations due to her illness. That meant a lot to me, as a chronically ill person, since I so rarely see myself represented like that.

Rounding Down will be released on January 17th, 2023, and is currently available for preorder. The website is: https://www.bvbooks.com/rounding-down/. I highly recommend you give it a shot!