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Nazemian Abdi - Like A Love Story - Paperback
Nazemian Abdi - Like A Love Story - Paperback
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Description: Stonewall Honor Book * A Time Magazine Best Y a Book of All Time" A book for warriors divas artists queens individuals activists trend setters and anyone searching for the courage to be themselves. Mackenzi Lee New York Times bestselling author of The Gentleman's Guide to Vice and Virtue It's 1989 in New York City and for three teens the world is changing. Reza is an Iranian boy who has just moved to the city with his mother to live with his stepfather and stepbrother. He's terrified that someone will guess the truth he can barely acknowledge about himself. Reza knows he's gay but all he knows of gay life are the media's images of men dying of AIDS. Judy is an aspiring fashion designer who worships her uncle Stephen a gay man with AIDS who devotes his time to activism as a member of ACT UP. Judy has never imagined finding romance. until she falls for Reza and they start dating. Art is Judy's best friend their school's only out and proud teen. He ll never be who his conservative parents want him to be so he rebels by documenting the AIDS crisis through his photographs. As Reza and Art grow closer Reza struggles to find a way out of his deception that won t break Judy's heart and destroy the most meaningful friendship he's ever known. This is a bighearted sprawling epic about friendship and love and the revolutionary act of living life to the fullest in the face of impossible odds.
Title: Like A Love Story
Author(s): Nazemian Abdi
Publisher: Harpercollins
Barcode: 9780062839374
Pages: 432 Pages
Language: English
Publication Date: 5/5/2020
Description: Stonewall Honor Book * A Time Magazine Best Y a Book of All Time" A book for warriors divas artists queens individuals activists trend setters and anyone searching for the courage to be themselves. Mackenzi Lee New York Times bestselling author of The Gentleman's Guide to Vice and Virtue It's 1989 in New York City and for three teens the world is changing. Reza is an Iranian boy who has just moved to the city with his mother to live with his stepfather and stepbrother. He's terrified that someone will guess the truth he can barely acknowledge about himself. Reza knows he's gay but all he knows of gay life are the media's images of men dying of AIDS. Judy is an aspiring fashion designer who worships her uncle Stephen a gay man with AIDS who devotes his time to activism as a member of ACT UP. Judy has never imagined finding romance. until she falls for Reza and they start dating. Art is Judy's best friend their school's only out and proud teen. He ll never be who his conservative parents want him to be so he rebels by documenting the AIDS crisis through his photographs. As Reza and Art grow closer Reza struggles to find a way out of his deception that won t break Judy's heart and destroy the most meaningful friendship he's ever known. This is a bighearted sprawling epic about friendship and love and the revolutionary act of living life to the fullest in the face of impossible odds.
Title: Like A Love Story
Author(s): Nazemian Abdi
Publisher: Harpercollins
Barcode: 9780062839374
Pages: 432 Pages
Language: English
Publication Date: 5/5/2020