The uhhh... "editorial reviews":
"Bittersweet, engrossing, richly textured and redolent of truth - a harrowing but incredibly rewarding read."
S. Bear Bergman- Butch is a Noun, The Nearest Exit May Be Behind You
"Sassafras Lowrey is so much more than one or the other anything. Ze is for sure a vital voice of hir generation, expressing as ze does, many mutually exclusive points of view on politically and emotionally live wire subjects... I find hir work filled with mischief, mayhem, and multiple meanings."
- Kate Bornstein - Gender Outlaw
"I'm not sure that I've ever seen a book that explores the intoxication and viciousness of peer pressure in queer lives with such candor. Goddamn this book is brave -- I can't wait to see the havoc it wreaks."
Mattilda Bernstein Sycamore -Why Are Faggots So Afraid of Faggots?
"Roving Pack is a rough and tumble, tender-hearted novel that grips you in its teeth and won't let go. A satisfying debut by a writer to watch."
Zoe Whittall -Holding Still For As Long As Possible, Bottle Rocket Hearts
"Sassafras Lowrey is an urgent and vital voice in contemporary queer literature and with Roving Pack, a harrowing, hilarious and hip page-turner, ze takes the reader along for a wild and wonderful ride through a blossoming young queer culture"
Charles Rice-González -CHULITO
And the bio of the author, Sassafras Lowrey:
Sassafras Lowrey got hir start writing as a straight-edge queer punk zinester in Portland, Oregon, and grew up to become the 2013 winner of the Lambda Literary Emerging Writer Award. Along the way, ze changed coasts, genders, and several other things besides. Hir first book, the Kicked Out anthology (www.KickedOutAnthology.com), gathered voices of current and formerly homeless queer youth alongside policy makers and activists, and was honoured by the American Library Association and the Lambda Literary Foundation. Hir debut novel, Roving Pack (www.RovingPack.com) chronicles the underground lives of gender-radical queer youth searching for identity, community, and belonging. Roving Pack was honored by the American Library Association and won a Rainbow Book Award for Transgender Fiction. Ze also edited Leather Ever After, Honorable Mention winner of the National Leather Association Writing Award. Sassafras' latest book, "Lost Boi" (Arsenal Pulp Press) is a queer/punk retelling of the classic Peter Pan story and is now available everywhere!
Hir work has received acknowledgement and awards from the Astraea Foundation Lesbian Writers Fund, Poets & Writers, and Queer Heroes of the Pacific Northwest. Ze has toured widely, giving readings, workshops, and keynotes at colleges, conferences, bookstores, festivals, and squats ranging from Atlanta to Berlin to Oakland to Amsterdam. Sassafras has contributed to numerous anthologies and publications, and ze believes storytelling is essential in the creation of social change. Ze lives and writes in Brooklyn with hir partner, two dogs of dramatically different sizes, two bossy cats, and a mostly feral kitten. Learn more at www.SassafrasLowrey.com
And here's the "about the author" in the book itself:
Sassafras Lowrey is an internationally award-winning storyteller, author, artist, and educator. Sassafras is the editor of the two time American Library Association honored, and Lambda Literary Finalist Kicked Out anthology (KickedOutAnthology.com) which brought together the voices of current and former homeless LGBTQ youth. Hir prose has been included in numerous anthologies and magazines, and recently ze received an award from the Astrea Lesbian Writers Fund. Sassafras regularly lectures and facilitates LGBTQ storytelling workshops at colleges and conferences across America. Hir debut novel, Roving Pack (RovingPack.com), was released autumn 2012, and ze is currently editing Leather Ever After, an anthology of BDSM fairy tale retellings to be released in early 2013. Sassafras lives in Brooklyn with hir family. To learn more about Sassafras and hir work, visit SassafrasLowrey.com
And here is the author hizirself...
