![]() ![]() Ultimately, the story is a rom-com, but it’s one that delves into Armenian LGBTQ+ identities. In “Sorry, Bro,” a young journalist gives in to her mother and attends cultural events filled with eligible Armenian bachelors she is instantly smitten by a woman who is passionate about their shared heritage. That conversation in Voskuni’s head led to “Sorry, Bro,” the author’s debut novel, published earlier this year via Berkley Romance. Related: Sign up for our free newsletter about books, authors, reading and more ![]() “There was something interesting there and the Armenianness played into it, too.” “I was interested in the dynamic between these two women,” Voskuni recalls on a recent phone call. One was a woman wondering why Armenians couldn’t have a conversation without talking about the Genocide the other, also the voice of a woman, was correcting her. Taleen Voskuni was on the Caltrain heading to work in the San Francisco Bay Area when she heard two voices in her head. ![]()
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