Tea For Two

by S.W. Stromberg

At sixteen, August Shoemaker knows who she is and what she wants. She’s bisexual, in the closet, and going to stay there. She has an iron grip on her life, allowing no one in, and letting nothing out. With her love of the silver screen, she slips into a world safer than her own, where she can be herself and nothing can hurt her.
She spends as much time as she can in that other world, until the real world bursts in, unwilling to be ignored.
The wrecking ball? A young lesbian baseball player named Emily Turner, who shakes up August’s small town and takes August with her.
But as their friendship sparks into love, August’s life changes in more ways than one. At once terrified and delighted, August does something she’s never done before: go along for the ride.
In this sweet and heart wrenching debut, S.W. Stromberg tells a coming of age story full of humor, bravery, and hope that you won’t want to miss.
Printed in dyslexic-friendly sans serif font.
Warning for homophobic slurs and a fist fight.

397 pages, Paperback

Published October 2, 2018

About the author

S. W. Stromberg is a young artist living in North Texas in a college town. She comes from a small town with an interesting name. She grew up near a cemetery and a gas station with an inconveniently malfunctioning neon sign.
She began writing Tea For Two, her first novel, because she was angry about how poorly bisexual girls are treated in media. This anger and tender love for her bisexual sisters fueled the entire novel.
She tries to write every day, but often fails in favor of one more cup of coffee or petting her roommates' dog and cat.

Reviews

[Roo · Rating 4 out of 5]

I probably reread this book at least 10 times back on wattpad in middle school. When I redownloaded wattpad years later I was so happy to see that it had been published! It's a wonderfully written story with super likeable and realistic characters. It was also very formative to me as a baby queer in 2012. Thanks for the great memories.