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

- Michelle Tea

“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

“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