{"product_id":"adam-ariel-schrag-9780544142930","title":"Adam","description":"\u003cstrong\u003eNOW A MAJOR MOTION PICTURE. A sweet and subversive coming-of-age novel by award-winning memoirist and screenwriter Ariel Schrag.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWhen Adam Freedman--a skinny, awkward, inexperienced teenager from Piedmont, California--goes to stay with his older sister Casey in New York City, he is hopeful that his life is about to change. And it sure does.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIt is the summer of 2006. Gay marriage and transgender rights are in the air, and Casey has thrust herself into a wild lesbian subculture. Soon Adam is tagging along to underground clubs, where there are hot older women everywhere he turns. It takes some time for him to realize that many in this new crowd assume he is trans--a boy who was born a girl. Why else would this baby-faced guy always be around?\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThen Adam meets Gillian, the girl of his dreams--but she couldn't possibly be interested in him. Unless passing as a trans guy might actually work in his favor . . .\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAriel Schrag's scathingly funny and poignant debut novel puts a fresh spin on questions of love, attraction, self-definition, and what it takes to be at home in your own skin.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"An insightful, funny, and unexpected love story.\"--Aimee Mann\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"[An] audacious coming-of-age novel.\"--\u003cem\u003eMiami Herald\u003c\/em\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Compulsively readable.\"--\u003cem\u003eBookforum\u003c\/em\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Hilarious...Schrag's riotous, poignant debut novel will leave you reeling.\"--\u003cem\u003eSF Weekly\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Ariel Schrag\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0544142934\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780544142930\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Harper Perennial\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 06\/10\/2014\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 320\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.56lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.18h x 5.34w x 0.86d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 03\/10\/2014\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e 04\/15\/2014\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eBooklist\u003c\/i\u003e 05\/01\/2014 pg. 76\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eSLJ Best Adult Bks 4 Teens\u003c\/i\u003e 12\/01\/2014 pg. 32","brand":"Ariel Schrag","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43992228921599,"sku":"9780544142930","price":14.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_dde2aee5-80c3-4e59-bb67-611ec5cf182b.jpg?v=1683314767","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/adam-ariel-schrag-9780544142930","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}