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Come Home to My Heart
- Author
- Riley Redgate
- Narrator
- Gail Shalan, Natalie Naudus
- Publisher
- Hachette Audio
- Publish Date
- 9 September 2025
- Run Time
- 9 hours 35 minutes
- Format
- Audiobook
What to expect
Gloria Forman and Xia Harper go to the same high school in a small South Carolina town, but they couldn’t be more different. While Gloria is part of the popular, Christian crowd, Xia sleeps through class, antagonizes anyone who dares talk to her, and buries herself in books that help her pretend she’s somewhere else—anywhere that being a lesbian wouldn’t be a waking nightmare.
When the two form an accidental friendship, they begin noticing each other in ways they promised themselves they'd avoid. After all, Xia’s isolation is self-imposed for a reason, and the last thing Gloria needs is more upheaval, especially after her parents kicked her out of the house for being gay.
Ever since, she has spent her nights under the stage in the school auditorium and her days terrified of being discovered. Xia just wants to keep her head down until the end of senior year. Gloria just wants to keep her living situation quiet until her parents come around. But as their feelings for each other intensify and the truths they've hidden work their way to the surface, what they truly want will change forever.
Critics Review
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A palpably genuine and romantic queer coming-of-age story.—Kirkus Reviews, STARRED
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A realistic portrait of the plight of homeless queer youth across the United States as well as a beautiful story of first love, this novel is great for high schoolers or fans of a wholesome, romantic tearjerker.—School Library Journal
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Riley Redgate writes with a master storyteller’s hand about the intersecting struggles of family, faith, and queer love in the rural South. This lyrical, moving book gripped my heart from the opening page and still hasn’t let go. It never will.—Jeff Zentner, award-winning author of The Serpent King
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Details
- Author
- Riley Redgate
- Narrator
- Gail Shalan, Natalie Naudus
- Duration
- 9 hours 35 minutes
- Release Date
- 9 September 2025
- ISBN
- 9781668653135
- Format
- Audiobook
- Publisher
- Hachette Audio
- Genre
- Children’s / Teenage fiction: Relationship stories – Romance, love or friendship, Children’s / Teenage fiction: General fiction, Children’s / Teenage: Personal and social topics, Children’s / Teenage fiction: General fiction, Children’s / Teenage social issues: Religious issues
Synopsis
A gorgeously writen, quietly devastating, and ultimately hopeful sapphic YA romance about losing home and finding it again in another person. Gloria Forman and Xia Harper go to the same high school in a small South Carolina town, but they couldn’t be more different. While Gloria is part of the popular, Christian crowd, Xia sleeps through class, antagonizes anyone who dares talk to her, and buries herself in books that help her pretend she’s somewhere else—anywhere that being a lesbian wouldn’t be a waking nightmare.  When the two form an accidental friendship, they begin noticing each other in ways they promised themselves they'd avoid. After all, Xia’s isolation is self-imposed for a reason, and the last thing Gloria needs is more upheaval, especially after her parents kicked her out of the house for being gay.  Ever since, she has spent her nights under the stage in the school auditorium and her days terrified of being discovered. Xia just wants to keep her head down until the end of senior year. Gloria just wants to keep her living situation quiet until her parents come around. But as their feelings for each other intensify and the truths they've hidden work their way to the surface, what they truly want will change forever.
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