{"product_id":"hijab-butch-blues-a-memoir-pre-order","title":"Hijab Butch Blues: A Memoir","description":"\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\n\u003ch3 class=\"h3 mb-2\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"text-decoration: underline; color: #f5a176;\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\" data-mce-style=\"text-decoration: underline; color: #f5a176;\"\u003eDescription\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cb data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\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'\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cb data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eGLENNON DOYLE, author of\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eUntamed\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cb data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eWhen Lamya is fourteen, she decides to disappear.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\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\/span\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eWritten with deep intelligence and a fierce humour, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eHijab Butch Blues\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e follows 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\/span\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eRaw and unflinching, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eHijab Butch Blues\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e heralds 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\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3 data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"text-decoration: underline; color: #f5a176;\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\" data-mce-style=\"text-decoration: underline; color: #f5a176;\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eProduct Details \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cstrong data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e Icon Books\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003ePublication date:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e 2 February 2023\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eType:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e Hardback\u003c\/span\u003e","brand":"Bookbag Bookshop","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42803259867287,"sku":"9781785788499","price":16.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0525\/9857\/1159\/products\/9781785788499.webp?v=1672488512","url":"https:\/\/bookbag.mom\/products\/hijab-butch-blues-a-memoir-pre-order","provider":"Bookbag Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}