Bebe Duncan's Blog - Posts Tagged "neurodiversity-in-fiction"
Coming Out December 29th, 2025
Hello Dear Readers and Friends,
The third Willamette High series novel, Everybody's Haven, is coming out December 29th and so is my heroine, Haven Alexander!
It's a coming of age, coming out, and coming to terms with who, it turns out, she wants to be.
It's also about family dynamics: Haven's demanding parents require perfection from her, not only because they want the best for her but also because they've placed all their parental ambitions on her. Ambitions they don't expect her neurodiverse older brother Paul to meet.
Paul is in the process of his own coming of age, defying the safe boundaries his parents have made for him based on his younger needs.
It's about community found and forged over years: the derby girls, her lunchroom table of regulars, her Unitarian church, and maybe a parade of strangers with one thing in common.
Or maybe many things...
I'd love to share Everybody's Haven with ARC readers before publication, so send me a note if you'd like to read all about her and share your thoughts on Goodreads, Amazon, and anywhere readers look for books.
The third Willamette High series novel, Everybody's Haven, is coming out December 29th and so is my heroine, Haven Alexander!
It's a coming of age, coming out, and coming to terms with who, it turns out, she wants to be.
It's also about family dynamics: Haven's demanding parents require perfection from her, not only because they want the best for her but also because they've placed all their parental ambitions on her. Ambitions they don't expect her neurodiverse older brother Paul to meet.
Paul is in the process of his own coming of age, defying the safe boundaries his parents have made for him based on his younger needs.
It's about community found and forged over years: the derby girls, her lunchroom table of regulars, her Unitarian church, and maybe a parade of strangers with one thing in common.
Or maybe many things...
I'd love to share Everybody's Haven with ARC readers before publication, so send me a note if you'd like to read all about her and share your thoughts on Goodreads, Amazon, and anywhere readers look for books.
