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In this robust, scruffy, elegantly plotted, and ultimately life-affirming novel, rising star Zoe Whittall presents a dazzling portrait of a generation we’ve rarely seen in literature the 25-year-olds who grew up on anti-anxiety meds, text-messaging each other truncated emotional reactions,... read more
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“I never followed recipes; baking was mostly science and intuition anyway. If you understood the basics and had a keen sense of pleasure, you were pretty much set. Like with sex.”
Billy -
“"Well, none of my friends are giving birth. I don't think any of us could quit smoking long enough to have a kid." "That's true. You're all chimneys, angry little chimneys."”
Billy talking to her mom
Authors & Contributors edit
- Zoe Whittall (Author)
First Edition edit
Original Language: English
Publisher: Anansi Press
Country: Canada
Publication Date: 2009
ISBN: 978-0-88784-234-4
Page Count: 296
Publisher: Anansi Press
Country: Canada
Publication Date: 2009
ISBN: 978-0-88784-234-4
Page Count: 296
Awards edit
- Stonewall Book Award (2011: Literature)
- Lambda Literary Award (2011: Transgender Fiction)
Classification edit
- Library of Congress: Add the Library of Congress Classification.
- Dewey: 813.6
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