Kayla Nedza, LLC

Xiomara Diaz and Cameron Manor are ten years old when they meet at Morningside’s after-school program in Ohio. Xiomara experiences the strain between her first-generation upbringing and the ability to assert herself that’s about to transform into a life of people-pleasing. Cameron has a complicated relationship with his own emotions, which will become a daily battle to understand his manhood. Over the next twenty years, Xiomara and Cameron will be a mirror to one another as they learn to not only love each other but love themselves.

A modern take on exploring what it means to love, Glass Walls is a compelling coming-of-age journey between two people grappling with identity, gender roles, relationships with their parents, and systematic oppression. An ode to self-discovery, this novel gives you permission to consider how you show and receive love by recognizing that loving someone is an elixir of art, science, and a bit of alchemy.