{"product_id":"vanilla-paperback","title":"Vanilla - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eBilly Merrell\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA bold, groundbreaking novel about coming out, coming into your own, and coming apart.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eVanilla and Hunter have been dating since seventh grade. They came out together, navigated middle school together, and became that couple in high school that everyone always sees as a couple. There are complications and confusions, for sure. But most of all, they love each other.As high school goes, though, and as their relationship deepens, some cracks begin to show. Hunter thinks they should be having sex.Vanilla isn't so sure. Hunter doesn't mind hanging out with loud, obnoxious friends.Vanilla would rather avoid them. If they're becoming different people, can they be the same couple?Falling in love is hard.Staying in love is harder.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eBilly Merrell is the author of Talking in the Dark, a poetry memoir published when he was twenty-one, and is the co-editor (with David Levithan) of \u003ci\u003eThe Full Spectrum: A New Generation of Writing About Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, Transgender, Questioning, and Other Identities\u003c\/i\u003e, which received a Lambda Literary Award. Merrell is also a contributor to the \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e-bestselling series Spirit Animals, and has published fiction, poetry, and translations in various journals and anthologies. Born in 1982, he grew up in Jacksonville, Florida, and received his MFA in Poetry from Columbia University. He now lives in Brooklyn, New York, with his husband, author Nico Medina.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 320\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.7 x 8.1 x 5.4 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e May 28, 2019\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42732368035903,"sku":"9781338101010","price":15.59,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0105\/8226\/1823\/files\/b87d1228092d535b179ba35d787f2cc6.webp?v=1765132235","url":"https:\/\/dhlswag.com\/products\/vanilla-paperback","provider":"BBB","version":"1.0","type":"link"}