“This funny, defiant, and passionate novel [is] the coming-of-age, reckoning-with-gender story we have all needed for decades, the kind that can change and save your life.” —James Hannaham

“This gorgeous, propulsive novel is filled with beauty and danger, youth and wisdom, and the life-saving lifelines of counterculture.” --Michelle Tea

“luminous, propulsive, tender, and full of light. Hansbury’s prose is both scathing and soulful, delivered with care and grace and aplomb. This novel’s warmth is palpable, and Hansbury has crafted a truly rare thing—a gift and a guide.” --Bryan Washington

“a story of how latent queerness can point toward the exit from poverty and despair…. a book filled with compassion for all those ground down by the violence of class.” --McKenzie Wark

“Goddamn, I loved this book. It's tough and sweet and smart about the places we come from and how we fight and flail to discover ourselves inside them. A gorgeous novel readers will absolutely live inside of." —CJ Hauser