by Tree Abraham
First published 2025
Tree Abraham identifies as queer and asexual. When she develops feelings for her housemate who cannot return them, most stories would end there. Abraham's begins. Rather than part ways, they navigate the messy transition from friendship into something unnamed. Abraham documented this year in real time through personal entries, illustrations, photographs, and thought maps. She organizes her account using eight Ancient Greek categories of love to challenge the binary of platonic versus romantic relationships. The book presents only Abraham's perspective, written with searching honesty about the complexity of unrequited feelings. Through exploring concepts like mania and eros, Abraham develops new language for describing love that exists outside conventional categories. This experimental memoir offers readers a map for understanding the uncharted territories between friendship and romance, providing insight for anyone navigating complicated relationships.
Genres: essays, contemporary, memoir, relationships, personal-development
Vibes: emotionally-honest, experimental, intimate, introspective, lyrical, thought-provoking
Tropes: emotional-complexity, found-family, self-discovery, unrequited-love
288 pages · Paperback · Soft Skull