{"product_id":"hijab-butch-blues-a-memoir-paperback","title":"Hijab Butch Blues: A Memoir (Paperback)","description":"\u003cp\u003e'A masterful, must-read contribution to conversations on power, justice, healing, and devotion from a singular voice I now trust with my whole heart'\u003cbr\u003eGLENNON DOYLE, author of\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eUntamed\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003e**\u003c\/i\u003eRoxane Gay's Book Club March 2023 Pick**\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWhen Lamya is fourteen, she decides to disappear.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIt seems easier to ease herself out of sight than to grapple with the difficulty of taking shape in a world that doesn't fit. She is a queer teenager growing up in a Muslim household, a South Asian in a Middle Eastern country. But during her Quran class, she reads a passage about Maryam, and suddenly everything shifts: if Maryam was never touched by any man, could Maryam be... like Lamya?\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWritten with deep intelligence and a fierce humour,\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eHijab Butch Blues\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003efollows Lamya as she travels to the United States, as she comes out, and as she navigates the complexities of the immigration system - and the queer dating scene. At each step, she turns to her faith to make sense of her life, weaving stories from the Quran together with her own experiences: Musa leading his people to freedom; Allah, who is neither male nor female; and Nuh, who built an ark, just as Lamya is finally able to become the architect of her own story.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eRaw and unflinching,\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eHijab Butch Blues\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eheralds the arrival of a truly original voice, asking powerful questions about gender and sexuality, relationships, identity and faith, and what it means to build a life of one's own.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Gardners","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43554426683462,"sku":null,"price":10.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0563\/5768\/3270\/files\/Generatedimage1_8.png?v=1784818607","url":"https:\/\/shop.queerbritain.org.uk\/products\/hijab-butch-blues-a-memoir-paperback","provider":"Queer Britain Store","version":"1.0","type":"link"}