Some Rainbow (The Phil Croydon Series Book 1)

The 1980s. Pittsburgh.Phil Croydon arrives with a suitcase, a head full of questions, and the uneasy feeling that the life he’s been handed isn’t the one he’s meant to live.In a city crackling with art, desire, and danger, he begins a search for love, belonging, and the kind of chosen family that can change a life forever.Awards & Praise• Long-listed for the 2025 Chanticleer International Book Awards (CIBA), Somerset Prize• “A delightful queer coming-of-age tale set in the 1980s… Woods’s prose is sharp and on point, finding humor in the ridiculous while beautifully capturing the spirit of the era, from the Reagan administration to Echo & the Bunnymen. Phil is sympathetic nearly to a fault—though no angel, readers will root for him. The result is a funny, sweet, and sad tale filled with characters that linger long after the last page.”— The BookLife Prize Read more