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Award-Winning Physician Author of Sapphic Literature
Awards
2024 National Indie Excellence Awards Winner in Memoir
2024 National Indie Excellence Awards Winner in LGBTQIA Nonfiction
2023 Best Indie Book Award Winner in LGBTQ Memoir
2023 Readers' Favorite Book Awards Gold Medalist in Non-Fiction - LGBTQ
2023 Canadian Book Club Awards Finalist in Nonfiction/Memoir
2023 PNWA Nancy Pearl Book Awards Finalist in Best Book: Memoir
2023 Nautilus Book Awards Silver Medal Winner in Medical Memoirs
2023 Golden Crown Literary Awards Finalist in General Non-Fiction
2022 Firebird Book Awards First Place Winner in Coming of Age Memoir
2022 Firebird Book Awards First Place Winner in LGBT Memoir
Named a Kirkus Reviews Best Indie Book of 2022
2022 Best Book Awards Finalist in LGBTQ+: Nonfiction
A Place for Us
For fans of Harper Bliss, E. J. Noyes, and Gerri Hill, a thrilling tale of two women who find each other irresistible but must struggle for a second chance for love, redemption, and sanctuary when the world is against them.
JUST RELEASED!
“While A Place for Us is a romance at its core, it is also a meditation on self-acceptance and the search for a home—not just in a physical sense, but in the arms of someone who truly understands and cherishes you. This heartfelt novel will resonate with anyone who has ever longed for a place where they truly belong.”—Seattle Book Review
Making the Rounds
What was it like to survive an illegal abortion, come out as a lesbian, and train to become a doctor in the late 1960s and early ’70s—before Roe v. Wade, before Title IX, and in a largely homophobic nation? In this unflinching and riveting coming-of-age memoir, Patricia Grayhall battles sexism in a male-dominated profession. She plunges into a life that is never boring—and certainly never without passion.
Multi-Award-Winning Memoir
“The author writes with a sense of blunt reality and warm humanity . . . The struggles, deeply felt emotions, and coming-of-age triumphs make this memoir touching and personal, and it will stir reflection in those who read it.”
– KIRKUS Reviews, Starred
Golden Years & Silver Linings
At age 68, Elizabeth contemplates the coming years with trepidation. She has fallen into a rut, especially in her home life with her husband. So she jumps on the opportunity of a couple of weeks alone in Palm Springs, away from the Seattle rain. Christina has spent two years grieving the loss of her partner and is now ready to return to their vacation condo in Palm Springs. Elizabeth’s and Christina’s lives are turned upside down by a chance meeting on a golf course. They instantly recognize each other from their love affair when they were graduate students in Liverpool, England in 1972. As they revel in the tender reawakening of their love in maturity, can they navigate the complexity of their current lives, integrate their families, and finally be together?
Late-in-Life Romance
"What a beautiful well-written story this is! Such engaging main characters - I loved every page of it."
Upcoming Events
Patricia Grayhall in Conversation with Michelle Harmeier- A Place for Us
Join Village Books and founder of the Bellingham Queer Collective, Michelle Harmeier, in welcoming Patricia Grayhall to the Readings Gallery to celebrate her newest book, A Place for Us
Sunday, June 15 at 4 p.m. P.S.T.
Village Books
1200 11th St
Bellingham, WA 98225-7015
Pride Book Event: A Place for Us with Patricia Grayhall
Join us at the Sooke library this Pride Month for a special book launch event with author Patricia Grayhall. A Place for Us was inspired by her immigration to Canada with her same-sex partner before marriage equality in their home countries.
Thursday, June 19 at 6:30-7:30 p.m. P.S.T.
Vancouver Island Regional Library Sooke Public Library Branch
6671 Wadams Way, Sooke British Columbia, Canada
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