{"id":46041,"date":"2024-08-27T15:51:37","date_gmt":"2024-08-27T19:51:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/libapps.libraries.uc.edu\/liblog\/?p=46041"},"modified":"2024-08-27T15:51:38","modified_gmt":"2024-08-27T19:51:38","slug":"cech-library-spotlight-imogen-obviously-by-becky-albertalli","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/libapps.libraries.uc.edu\/liblog\/2024\/08\/cech-library-spotlight-imogen-obviously-by-becky-albertalli\/","title":{"rendered":"CECH Library Spotlight: Imogen, Obviously by Becky Albertalli"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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CECH Spotlight highlights recommended books in the the UC College of Education, Criminal Justice, and Human Services (CECH) Library.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Imogen, Obviously \/ written by Becky Albertalli (2023)<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cTrue belonging only happens when we present our authentic, imperfect selves to the world. Our sense of belonging can never be greater than our level of self-acceptance.\u201d – Brene Brown<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Becky Albertalli, most well known for her novel Simon vs. The Homo Sapiens Agenda<\/em>, has written multiple novels that explore different yet positive LGBTQ+ experiences. Her latest novel Imogen, Obviously, <\/em>focuses on the lived experience of realizing one\u2019s own identity. It follows Imogen Scott, a high school senior who is so sure that she\u2019s straight, at least that\u2019s what everyone tells her. It\u2019s not until she visits her best friend at college, and begins meeting her friends (who all happen to be Queer) that Imogen begins to rethink her identity. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Albertalli intimately explores the process of self-acceptance, and the anxiety of feeling enough. Imogen, Obviously<\/em> is a love letter to those who are on their journey of learning to understand their identity. This novel shouts, \u201cYou\u2019re enough, you matter, you belong!\u201d For the first time in a long time, I felt the power of seeing myself in the media.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This book is available for checkout in the CECH Library<\/a>, as well as via the OhioLINK <\/a>and Search Ohio <\/a>lending networks.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Review by Alice Somers, CECH Library Student Assistant | Early Childhood Education and Deaf Studies, CECH 2026<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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