Fiction & Literature > Gay & Lesbian

From Jennifer Johnson, the author of the popular tumblr blog Slut-Problems comes her first novel, Hollow Girl. Allison is drowning in her secret love affair with Jessica. Her taste, her smell, her everything; it drives Allison onward, toward a path that will destroy her. It will be a sweet destruction; one she will savor, even as Jessica pulls her deeper and deeper into a world filled with drugs, sex and murder. With sex and betrayal at every turn, Allison struggles to navigate in a world where she no longer has her freedom. Now she performs for men every night, making her money and losing herself, little by little, each day. Allison longs for her freedom and will do anything to esca ...

This book focuses on 19 fictional characters that chronicle life experiences that they've dealt with through prose writing. Each person discusses an experience that has changed and impacted them in ways they never thought of (alcohol addiction, homelessness, women’s issues, domestic violence and many others). These fictional characters only have names, race or ethnicity is not discussed because the goal is to feel, understand and relate to their experiences as human beings. Too many times in today's society we base things off of social stigmas, race, ethnicity, social class when we are all human beings with daily struggles that no one will ever know.

A continuation of the series, the characters in the book have gone through life changing experiences, some it has changed for the better, some for the worst? How are these characters dealing with and coping after these life changing events? How has Christina recovered from being raped at a party? How is Michael dealing with the summer months being homeless? So many things have happened since the first book, it's only fitting that you read part 2 to the series of The World We Live In. This is a book where these characters continue to chronicle their lives and the struggles they deal with on a daily basis.