CONTENT WARNING: brief description of past sexual assault in which the survivor’s experience is validated

pages 294-298 in final book

HOW TO EXCAVATE A HEART: INDIE BESTSELLER & INDIE NEXT PICK !

OUT IN PAPERBACK NOW IN ENGLISH & POLISH!

ORDER LINKS (all direct links, and all hardcover, with paperback link next to hardcover)

SEATTLE INDIES (STARRED ONES CAN BE DIRECTLY SIGNED):

• Eagle Harbor Books (paperback here)

• **Secret Garden Books (paperback here)

• **Ada’s Technical Books (paperback here)

• Wise Owl Books (paperback here)

• Island Books (paperback here)

• Liberty Bay Books (paperback here)

• **Queen Anne Book Company (paperback here)

• Three Trees Books (paperback here)

• Edmonds Bookshop (paperback here)

• Third Place Books (paperback here)

• **Elliott Bay Book Company (paperback here)

INDIE BOOKSTORES THAT VOCALLY SUPPORTED THE HARPERCOLLINS STRIKE:

• Pilsen Community Books

• Oblong Books

• East City Bookshop

• Raven Bookstore in Kansas

• Loyalty Books

• Word Up Books

• Avid Bookshop

• Argo Bookshop (Canada)

PLACES I DID RELEASE WEEK EVENTS

• East City Bookshop (DC)

• Queen Anne Book Company (WA)

• Blue Willow (Celebrating Helena Greer’s book launch!) (Texas)

• Third Place Books (WA)

FIND YOUR CLOSEST INDEPENDENT BOOKSTORE ON INDIEBOUND, OR USE ONE OF THE CONVENIENT LINKS BELOW,

QUEER-OWNED INDIE BOOKSTORES:

• Little District Books (DC)

• Under the Umbrella (Utah)

• A Room of One’s Own (Wisconsin)

• A Seat at the Table Books (California)

• The Ripped Bodice (California)

• Tombolo Books (Florida)

• Charis Books (Georgia)

• Loyalty Bookstores (DC)

• Left Bank Books (Missouri)

• Broadway Books (Oregon)

• Book Woman (Texas)

• Village Books (Washington)

• Montana Book Co (Montana)

• Tubby & Coo’s (Louisiana)

BLACK-OWNED INDIES:

• The Collective Oakland (California)

• Eso Won Books (California)

• Brain Lair Books (Indiana)

• Cafe Con Libros (NYC)

• Books and Crannies (Virginia)

  
  

WORKER-OWNED INDIES:

• Pilsen Community Books (Illinois)

• Orca Books (Washington)

• Blue Stockings (NYC)

• The Seminary Co-op (Illinois)

• Word Up (NYC)

• Black Stone Bookstore (Michigan)

Feminist Bookstores (more info on what that means here—list and resource curated by Charis Books & More)

• Charis Books (GA)

• Antigone Books (AZ)

• Third House Books (FL)

• Women & Children First (IL)

• Book Woman (TX)

AN INDIE IN EVER STATE (for the states not represented by indies on the lists above):

• Ernest and Hadley Books (AL)

• Good Books Bad Coffee (AK)

• Dog Ear Books (AR)

• Books are Awesome (CO)

• Hickory Stick Bookstore (CT)

• Browseabout Books (DE)

• Kona Stories (HI)

• Pearl House Collective (ID)

• Second Flight Books (IN)

• Swampy Fox Books (IA)

• Raven Bookstore (KS)

• Poor Richard’s Books (KY)

• Joseph Beth (OH)

• Hello Hello Books (ME)

• Charm City Books (MD)

• Broadside Books (MA)

• Print: A Bookstore (ME)

• The Willow Bookstore (MN)

• The Novel Neighbor (MO)

• Turnrow Books (MS)

• Terrace Books (NE)

• Donya’s Buy the Book (NV)

• Gibson’s Bookstore (NH)

• Booktowne (NJ)

• Collected Works (NM)

• McIntyre’s Books (NC)

• Maine Street Books (ND)

• Beanbag Books (OH)

• Best of Books (OK)

• Wakefield Books (RI)

• Books on Broad (SC)

• Mitzi’s Books (SD)

• Parnassus Books (TN)

• Phoenix Books (VT)

• A New Chapter (WV)

• Wind City Books (WY)

SOME MORE INDIES:

• Main St Books (WA)

• Liberty Bay Books (WA)

• Pocket Books (PA)

• The Book Loft (MA)

IF ORDERING FROM ONE OF THE ABOVE STORES IS NOT ACCESSIBLE TO YOU BUY THROUGH BOOKSHOP, BARNES AND NOBLE, OR AMAZON,

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