Family Meal A Novel

"My family taught me the difference between acceptance, allowance and understanding. Also: just being. Sometimes they overlap. Usually, they don't." It was my second time reading a book from Bryan Washington and it left one hell of an impression. 'Family Meal' is a beautifully layered novel, one I've spent days with. Bryan Washington wrote a raw book about grief, love and (found) family. About finding a home. About the responsibility to take care of each other. About just trying to be, if life's too tough. And of course about food. You will close your eyes and taste the way Cam's grief mixes with TJ's fragile hope. I devoured this novel. There’s so much heart in these pages. I teared up multiple times. These characters and their stories will stay with me for a long time. And of course I loved to read a queer book from a POCs perspective. A masterclass on all counts.