A Coming of Age Queer Love Story in Queens

Local author Bushra Rehman's latest book, Roses, in the Mouth of a Lion, follows Razia, a Pakistani-American girl from Corona, Queens, who's rebellious nature with her friends leads to a growing rift between her and her family. When she is accepted to Stuyvesant High School in Manhattan, she meets a girl named Angela, and she begins to feel an attraction that was once unfamiliar, potentially making her relationship with her family and community more complicated. Rehman joins us to discuss the novel.