{"product_id":"first-spring-grass-fire-paperback","title":"First Spring Grass Fire - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eRae Spoon\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTransgender 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. \u003c\/p\u003e\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\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eRae Spoon: Rae Spoon is a transgender musician\/writer\/workshop facilitator from Calgary, Canada. Rae has been nominated for a Polaris Prize, toured internationally, and released six solo albums. They were recently published in the Arsenal Pulp Press anthology \u003ci\u003ePersistence\u003c\/i\u003e and composed the instrumental score for the National Film Board film \u003ci\u003eDead Man\u003c\/i\u003e. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 144\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.4 x 7.9 x 5.4 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e September 18, 2012\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eAward:\u003c\/strong\u003e Lambda Literary Awards (2013)\u003c\/div\u003e\n                ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50525771137273,"sku":"9781551524801","price":14.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0789\/2782\/3097\/files\/drNxTv4MoO9781551524801.webp?v=1790211084","url":"https:\/\/bookscloud.io\/products\/first-spring-grass-fire-paperback","provider":"BooksCloud Book Dropshipping","version":"1.0","type":"link"}