{"product_id":"summer-fun-jeanne-thornton-9781641293730","title":"Summer Fun","description":"\u003cb\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cb\u003eWinner of the 2022 Lammy Award for Transgender Fiction\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cb\u003eFrom acclaimed author Jeanne Thornton, an epic, singular look at fandom, creativity, longing, and trans identity.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Gala, a young trans woman, works at a hostel in Truth or Consequences, New Mexico. She is obsessed with the Get Happies, the quintessential 1960s Californian band, helmed by its resident genius, B----. Gala needs to know: Why did the band stop making music? Why did they never release their rumored album, \u003ci\u003eSummer Fun\u003c\/i\u003e? \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAnd so she writes letters to B---- that shed light not only on the Get Happies, but paint an extraordinary portrait of Gala. The parallel narratives of B---- and Gala form a dialogue about creation--of music, identity, self, culture, and counterculture. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003ci\u003eSummer Fun\u003c\/i\u003e is a brilliant and magical work of trans literature that marks Thornton as one of our most exciting and original novelists.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Jeanne Thornton\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 164129373X\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781641293730\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Soho Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 06\/07\/2022\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 432\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.91lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.23h x 5.57w x 1.11d","brand":"Jeanne Thornton","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44057156944127,"sku":"9781641293730","price":17.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_988c4678-bdbb-4fe4-9328-402a1a3adb8f.jpg?v=1685045363","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/summer-fun-jeanne-thornton-9781641293730","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}