{"product_id":"like-a-love-story-abdi-nazemian-9781982660321","title":"Like a Love Story","description":"\u003cp\u003e\"A love letter to queerness, self-expression, and individuality (also Madonna) that never shies away from the ever-present fear within the queer community of late '80s New York, Like a Love Story made me feel so full--of hope, love, courage, pride, and awe for the many people who fought for love and self-expression in the face of discrimination, cruelty, and death.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA 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\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIt's 1989 in New York City, and for three teens, the world is changing.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eReza 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eJudy 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eArt 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAs 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Abdi Nazemian\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1982660325\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781982660321\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e HarperCollins\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 06\/04\/2019\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e CD\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.40lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 5.50h x 5.80w x 1.10d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAward:\u003c\/b\u003e Stonewall Book Award - Honor Book","brand":"Abdi Nazemian","offers":[{"title":"CD","offer_id":43940591829247,"sku":"9781982660321","price":39.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/products\/img_24b08c68-3f4a-4781-bde4-dcb86502693e.jpg?v=1681448070","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/like-a-love-story-abdi-nazemian-9781982660321","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}