Portrait of My Best Friend

by Bailey Thomas

Genres: Coming of Age; LGBT & Pride; YA Coming of Age

Synopsis

High school, First Love, and Coming Out. "It's times like these when a girl really needs a best friend!"
A lonely young artist finds love in an unexpectedplace in this poignant and laugh-out-loud story of self-discovery.
Charlotte Baxter already knows what her perfect girlfriend would look like; she has boxes filled with drawings of her dream girl hidden on the top shelf of her closet. She sees the irony, she just isn't ready to admit that she's gay, not even to herself.
Then one morning a beautiful redhead sits down next to her in English class, and staying in the closet suddenly gets a whole lot more complicated. Lilly looks like the girl in Charlotte's drawings. Not just a little like her, exactly like her!
Could this be Charlotte's perfect girlfriend come to life?
But, as Charlotte soon learns, looks can be deceiving. Lilly Roberts is not perfect. Nope. Not even close.

"Heartfelt and so funny! I thought I had outgrown YA books, but this one brought me right back."

"A great coming of age dramedy about coping, coming out, and finding that one person that makes it all worthwhile."

"Enduring and different. The struggles this author captured are spot on."

"Unique, heartwarming and funny as hell. You'll love all the stuff going on in Charlotte's head."

"Being a teenager is not easy! Funny, raw, and sometimes painful. The ending nearly broke me!"

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Release date: November 23, 2019

Print pages: 246