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This collection of eleven short stories spans a rural Canadian Mennonite town and a hipster gay bar in Brooklyn, charting the lives of young trans women. The narratives capture their encounters with loss, love, harassment, and the everyday moments that shape their identities, from prairie sunsets to rattling subways. The work underscores how growing up as a trans girl can be charming, funny, frustrating, and sad—never predictable.
First publish date: 2014
Genre: LGBTQ+ Fiction/Transgender Fiction
Authors: Casey Plett
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