Welcome to Leap

I’m so incredibly excited to share Leap with you! Please find media information, a digital copy of the Leap One-Sheet, a gallery of images from my time in Armenia, and a special playlist of songs mentioned in the book!

For inquiries, please email brent@heybrentlove.com

Book Information

Length: 452 pages
Language: English
Global Distribution: Ingram Spark
Publisher: Manuscripts Press

ISBNs:
Paperback: 979-8-88926-020-2
Hardcover: 979-8-88504-362-5
Ebook: 978-1-63676-000-1

Praise for Leap

“Leap... is one of the most generous and gorgeous stories readers could hope for... Filled with places and people that will stay with you long after you read it...”

-Nicole Helget
Author of The Summer of Ordinary Ways

“This first-of-its-kind memoir... is an honest and thrilling reckoning of American and Armenian queer life.”

-JP Der Boghossian
Host of This Queer Book Saved My Life
and founder of The Queer Armenian Library

“I love this book. Such a victory: of words, of story, of humanity, of setting yourself free.”

-Lily Diamond
Bestselling Author & Editor

About the Author

Brent Love is an American memoirist and Returned Peace Corps Volunteer. During his work as Roving Correspondent for the American Refugee Committee, Love covered stories across the Horn of Africa, the Middle East and Southeast Asia. Love studied political science and international relations at Abilene Christian University and began his career in refugee resettlement in West Texas. He is the host of the surrogacy podcast Hope Works.

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