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Some Strange Music Draws Me in

By Griffin Hansbury

Some Strange Music Draws Me in LGBTQ+

Some Strange Music Draws Me in

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It's the summer of 1984 in Swaffham, Massachusetts, when Mel (short for Melanie) meets Sylvia, a tough-as-nails trans woman whose shameless swagger inspires Mel's dawning self-awareness. But Sylvia's presence sparks fury among her neighbors and throws Mel into conflict with her mother and best friend. Decades later, in 2019, Max (formerly Mel) is on probation from his teaching job for, ironically, defying speech codes around trans identity. Back in Swaffham, he must navigate life as part of a fractured family and face his own role in the disasters of the past. Populated by a cast of unforgettable characters, Some Strange Music Draws Me In is a propulsive page turner about multiple electrifying relationships-between a working-class mother and her queer child, between a trans man and his right-wing sister, and between a teenager and her troubled best friend. Griffin Hansbury, in elegant, arresting, and fearless prose, dares to explore taboos around gender and class as he offers a deeply moving portrait of friendship, family, and a girlhood lived sideways. A timely and captivating narrative of self-realization amid the everyday violence of small-town intolerance, Some Strange Music Draws Me In builds to an explosive conclusion, illuminating the unexpected ways that difference can provide a ticket to liberation.
Product details
Number of Pages:
320
Release Date:
2024-03-12
Publication Date:
2024-03-12
Publisher:
W. W. Norton & Company
Languages:
Original: English
ISBN10:
1324050799
ISBN13:
9781324050797
GPSR Manufacturer Reference:
[email protected]
Weight:
562 g
Height:
152 cm
Width:
232 cm
Thickness:
30 cm
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