{"product_id":"first-spring-grass-fire-rae-spoon-9781551524801","title":"First Spring Grass Fire","description":"Transgender indie electronica singer-songwriter Rae Spoon has six albums to their credit, including 2012's \u003ci\u003eI Can't Keep All of Our Secrets\u003c\/i\u003e. This first book by Rae (who uses \"they\" as a pronoun) is a candid, powerful story about a young person growing up queer in a strict Pentecostal family in rural Canada. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe narrator attends church events and Billy Graham rallies faithfully with their family before discovering the music that becomes their salvation and means of escape. As their father's schizophrenia causes their parents' marriage to unravel, the narrator finds solace and safety in the company of their siblings, in their nascent feelings for a girl at school, and in their growing awareness that they are not the person their parents think they are. With a heart as big as the prairie sky, this is a quietly devastating, heart-wrenching coming-of-age book about escaping dogma, surviving abuse, finding love, and risking everything for acceptance. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eRae Spoon\u003c\/b\u003e lives in Montreal, Quebec.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Rae Spoon\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1551524805\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781551524801\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Arsenal Pulp Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 09\/18\/2012\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 144\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.40lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 7.90h x 5.40w x 0.40d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAward:\u003c\/b\u003e Lambda Literary Awards - Finalist","brand":"Rae Spoon","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43939577725183,"sku":"9781551524801","price":14.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/products\/img_61f284e3-063c-4c45-867e-d56695dbb6df.jpg?v=1681442313","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/first-spring-grass-fire-rae-spoon-9781551524801","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}