Needlework

Author Julia Watts is an Lambda-award winning author of fourteen novels set in Appalachia and depicting the lives of LGBTQ+ youth in the Bible Belt.
Needlework, set in rural Kentucky (where the author grew up) examines the tendency of rural communities to avoid discussion of alternative lifestyles and hide or ignore their own racist past and present
Julia Watts's most recent novel, Quiver (2018, There Rooms Press), was her most popular book to date, and the broader appeal of Needlework indicates even more success.
Includes candid discussion of teen LGBTQ+ identity, crossdressing, racism, and rural opioid addiction issues.