Jen Slumac

Soulnotskin Jen Slumac

Jen SluMac's first novel in a series, soulnotskin, is a wrenching and inspiring story of a young girl who grows up in a home with both faith and alcoholism. Seemingly from birth, she holds a deeply personal and enlightened relationship with God that has little to do with her preacher father, or the judgment and rejection she anticipates when she reveals herself to be queer. Coming of age as a gay teenager without a stable foundation, Jenny turns to a life of drinking, low self-esteem, and looking for love in all the wrong places. None of her teen and young adult lovers are able to fill the void in her own heart. She must make peace with her God, herself, and her family. This debut novel begins to tell the beautiful and challenging story that too many young (queer) people spiral into. The series will continue to reveal how this creative and determined woman used comedy, addiction recovery, and the will to help others to find her way back to true love and light. soulnotskin is a saga of pain, self-discovery, healing, and paying it forward. Jen Slumac is an entertainer, a keynote inspirational speaker, and an author. With this book she also confirms her roles as a powerful YA mentor and hope dealer.

An excerpt from soulnotskin
"Yes, some of the gay community is promiscuous, and addicted and more frequently suicidal than straights. But we aren't those things because we are gay. We are those things because we've been taught that God doesn't love us. Think about that for a moment. We've been taught that God doesn't love us."