trinidad

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trinidad

The stars and the blackness between them

Sixteen-year-old Audre is forced to move to Minneapolis from Trinidad after being caught with a secret girlfriend, and in Minneapolis, sixteen-year-old Mabel is trying to make sense of her relationships and the nagging illness plaguing her all summer. When the two girls meet, they instantly fall in love, with Mabel taking care of Audre as she navigates high school. Then Mabel is diagnosed with a fatal illness and it's Audre's turn to take care of Mabel.

The stars and the blackness between them

Told in two voices, sixteen-year-old Audre and Mabel, both young women of color from different backgrounds, fall in love and figure out how to care for each other as one of them faces a fatal illness.
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