![]() ![]() ![]() You talk about burnout, queer love, racism’s intersections with every aspect of life, mental health, the list goes on and on. LILY HERMAN: Honey Girl covers a lot of ground. Rogers talked to Shondaland about Honey Girl’s fan fiction origins, the mundanity of many mental health crises, and writing two characters who were so different from one another. ![]() It’s a powerful story of burnout and the bonds that keep us together, all told through a queer lens. While Honey Girl has a romance in it, the book itself is more about Grace’s tumultuous personal life: The steady drumbeat of her worsening mental illness, the ongoing tensions with her friend group as they all figure out what they want in their lives, the strained relationships she has with her divorced parents, and the career that she believes is over before it even got going. ![]()
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