that thinness is a survival strategy in a world that equates body size and value

Then there’s twelve-year-old goblin-witch Beetle

” the “girl-ghost” of the self that he left behind to become the man he is today

then something more

Open Throat: A Novel Kathryn Tuggle that thinness is a survivalFinalist for the PEN Faulkner Award, the Barnes & Noble Discover Prize, and the James Tait Black Prize for Fiction. One of the Washington Post's 50 Notable Works of Fiction in 2023. One of The New York Times' 10 Best California Books of 2023. Open Throat is what fiction should be. The New York Times Book Review A lonely, lovable, queer mountain lion narrates this star making fever dream of a novel. A queer and dangerously hungry mountain lion lives in