As a result, this is nearly the last time the couple saw each other.Īfter they part ways, both Mari and Hazel go down their own respective paths. However, that just isn’t how this story goes: Mari tells Hazel that if the two of them were to run away together, her family would disown Mari.

In many romance stories, this is the point at which Mari would be convinced to leave with Hazel. This leads to Hazel’s family discovering the truth about her relationship with Mari, too, and Hazel is told that she has compromised the family’s reputation by engaging in “perversion.” Worse still, Mari’s family takes her out of school, so the couple doesn’t even get the chance to see each other when they are each away from their respective families.ĭesperate to see Mari, Hazel sneaks over to her house and climbs a tree in order to speak to Mari through her window. When Mari’s grandmother catches the couple kissing in front of the house, she drags Mari into the house and tells Hazel not to come around anymore. However, while Mari may reciprocate Hazel’s feelings for her, Mari’s family is not so understanding. However, she eventually finds it impossible to resist giving Mari a kiss, and she finds that her attraction is reciprocated. Hazel is hesitant because she’s worried that if she reveals her true feelings to Mari, it will compromise their friendship, which she considers to be invaluable.

While the two girls are fast friends, Hazel isn’t satisfied, and wants something more romantic in nature out of their relationship. 2: DEAR DIARY, with an afterword from GABBY RIVERA (America).At only thirteen years old, Hazel met the love of her life, Mari. This Jackpot Edition contains over SIXTY PAGES of bonus material, including the talents of MARGUERITE BENNETT (Batwoman) and newcomer BEVERLY JOHNSON, SHAWN PRYOR (Cash and Carrie) and PAULINA GANUCHEAU (Zodiac Starforce), award-winning historical romance author ALYSSA COLE's comics writing debut with SHAE BEAGLE (MOONSTRUCK), GAIL SIMONE (CROSSWIND) and MARGAUX SALTEL (Superfreaks), and AMANDA DEIBERT (Wonder Woman '77) and CAT STAGGS (CROSSWIND), with illustrations from MEGAN HUTCHINSON (ROCKSTARS) and ARIELA KRISTANTINA (InSeXts). Realizing their love for each other is still alive, what these grandmothers do next takes absolute strength and courage. Decades later, now in their mid-'60s, Hazel and Mari reunite again at a church bingo hall.

Forced apart by their families and society, Hazel and Mari both married young men and had families. When Hazel Johnson and Mari McCray met at church bingo in 1963, it was love at first sight. The Advocate's Best LGBTQ Graphic Novels of 2018Īutostraddle's 50 of the Best LGBT Books of 2018 2019, Texas Library Association's Maverick Graphic Novel Reading ListĪmazon Book Review's Best Comics & Graphic Novels of 2018

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