Vicissitudes... a beautifully written debut novel about the complexities and commonplaces of black trans/queer relationships.
It's a big, open-hearted, love-letter of a book that deserves a wide audience. I adored it.”
                                                                                      Susan Stryker, author of Transgender History: The Roots of Today's Revolution

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VICISSITUDES

by ​Kim Green   
After a painful divorce, single mother, Morgan Franklin has given up on love. When she attends her best friend’s wedding, she realizes that nine years of being intentionally single has to end. With the push of her nine-year-old daughter, Rain, she allows herself to enjoy an innocent dance with Mr. Jahn Booth, a handsome and charismatic man. Sparks fly and she soon finds herself swept up in a tornado of fear, lust, gossip, and self-realization when Jahn shares the truth of who he really is. This all-inclusive hetero-turned-LGBT romance is the essential modern-day love story as it confronts the cost of love and the insidious fear and distrust that keeps us apart. Vicissitudes asks an important question: What if you could love with your heart and not with the rules?
"Kim Green's been keeping her literary talent on the down-low--ghosting-writing, teaching, and coaching--but it's her time to shine in Vicissitudes, a beautifully written debut novel about the complexities and commonplaces of black trans/queer relationships. It's a big, open-hearted, love-letter of a book that deserves a wide audience. I adored it.”
             Susan Stryker, author of Transgender History: The Roots of Today's Revolution

“This is a novel for our times…an important Black love story that interrogates a multitude of assumptions of what Black love looks like, how it unfolds in communities and complicates the mainstream definition of gender.” 
             Matt Richardson, Professor of Feminist Studies, University of California, Santa Barbara

“Kim Green has captured the elation and agony felt by many trans men in their journeys of transformation. I rejoiced in Jahn's adventures through life as a teacher and lover while wrestling with the dynamics of call-out culture and an ever-changing LGBT community's understanding of gender identity and the risks of personal exposure. May his story provide a beacon for other trans men in their quest to find true love and acceptance.”  
             Zander Keig, LCSW, editor, Manning Up: Transsexual Men on Finding Brotherhood, Family and Themselves 

“Oh, the delight that is basking in the words of Kim Green! Kim's ability to write what we all feel, to play with language, to be bold, vulnerable and funny has found the perfect home in this important and hopeful love story. As the title suggests, Vicissitudes exposes the uncomfortable, controversial and electrifying changes ever-present in human life. It bravely takes a stand for following ones' heart into the unknown.”
             Jen Sincero, author, You Are A Badass: How To Stop Doubting Your Greatness and Start Living An Awesome       

“Vicissitudes is an impeccably written story with an exciting mixture of suspense, controversy and enlightenment. I found myself shackled to the story with all of its twists and turns. This story left me to question my own level of consciousness. In a time when people cling to the term, ‘woke,’ this novel creates a tug-of-war with religious principles, cultural acceptance and spirituality. I’m so glad to have read my way into a deeper level of understanding. I look forward to meeting these characters again.”
             Lakendra Ford, author, Amaze In Ways