Bookshop Santa Cruz welcomes Santa Cruz author Liza Monroy to celebrate the publication of her memoir, The Marriage Act: The Risk I Took to Keep My Best Friend in America, and What It Taught Us About Love. A timely and topical look at the changing face of marriage in America, The Marriage Act chronicles Liza's attempts at keeping her best gay friend Emir from being deported to the Middle East -- where gay men are often beaten and sometimes killed -- by marrying him and embarking on an adventure to dodge the INS.
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Bookshop Santa Cruz welcomes Santa Cruz author Liza Monroy to celebrate the publication of her memoir, The Marriage Act: The Risk I Took to Keep My Best Friend in America, and What It Taught Us About Love. A timely and topical look at the changing face of marriage in America, The Marriage Act chronicles Liza's attempts at keeping her best gay friend Emir from being deported to the Middle East -- where gay men are often beaten and sometimes killed -- by marrying him and embarking on an adventure to dodge the INS.
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