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Second book: Golden Boy by Abigail Tarttelin
By MeerderWörter · 15 posts · 17 views
By MeerderWörter · 15 posts · 17 views
last updated Nov 09, 2018 01:02AM
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How I got this book:
Since I pay close attention to this topic for a longer time now, I thought I might start reading a fiction book covering it. Well, and there was a very cheap offer at Rebuy (German online secondhand shop), so I couldn't resist.
First sentence:
My brother gets all As at school and is generally always nice to everybody.
additional information:
author: Abigail Tarttelin
series: no
pages: 347
price: 24,99$ US
publishing company: Atria Books
genre: Young Adult, LGBTI, Contemporary
ISBN:978- ...more
Since I pay close attention to this topic for a longer time now, I thought I might start reading a fiction book covering it. Well, and there was a very cheap offer at Rebuy (German online secondhand shop), so I couldn't resist.
First sentence:
My brother gets all As at school and is generally always nice to everybody.
additional information:
author: Abigail Tarttelin
series: no
pages: 347
price: 24,99$ US
publishing company: Atria Books
genre: Young Adult, LGBTI, Contemporary
ISBN:978- ...more
A fascinating coming of age tale regarding an intersex child. Tarttelin's story is quite simple on the surface, but she masterfully turns up the tension in each chapter. I was reading the book with my stomach and jaw clenched as she examined themes of creation/ownership, privacy / information, and the ubiquitous presence of gender confrontation.
Tarttelin splits up her story in three parts with various POV "chapters" throne in. This at first was very off-putting and what I assumed was the sign o ...more
Tarttelin splits up her story in three parts with various POV "chapters" throne in. This at first was very off-putting and what I assumed was the sign o ...more
Max ist der Junge von nebenan. Er kommt mit jedem gut aus, ist beliebt bei den Mädchen in der Schule, schreibt gute Noten und ist ein Star im Fußballteam. Doch so normal Max auch scheint, er seine Besonderheit hält er geheim. Max ist Intersex! Ein fataler Abend und Max's Welt und die seiner Familie wird auf den Kopf gestellt.
Sehr sehr lesenswert! Toll geschrieben, emotional und lehrreich. Eine große Leseempfehlung. Definitiv eins meiner Jahreshighlights!
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Dieses Buch habe ich gemeinsam mit eine ...more
Sehr sehr lesenswert! Toll geschrieben, emotional und lehrreich. Eine große Leseempfehlung. Definitiv eins meiner Jahreshighlights!
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Jul 11, 2017
Ellen Watts
marked it as to-read
Sep 29, 2019
The-Anxious-Bookworm
marked it as maybeeee
