Pulp

by Robin Talley

To avoid problems in her personal life, openly gay high school senior Abby Cohen focuses all of her attention on her senior project: writing and researching 1950s lesbian pulp fiction. In 1955 eighteen-year-old Janet Jones the woman who would one day be published as Marian Love must keep her feelings and the love she has for her best friend, Marie, a secret.

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Which character stayed with you after you turned the last page, and why?
Was there a moment where you disagreed with a character’s choice? What would you have done?
What theme did this book keep circling back to — and did it earn its ending?
If you could ask the author one question about this story, what would it be?
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