Name: Some Strange Music Draws Me In
Brand: Griffin Hansbury

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9781914198762

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Paperback

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Limited edition

Release date

2024-04-25

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Harper Collins

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Griffin Hansbury 

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Daunt Books

It’s summer, 1984, in blue-collar Swaffham, Massachusetts. Mel is thirteen, drinking a Slush Puppie at the drugstore, when she hears a voice, ‘deep and movie-star dramatic, like Lauren Bacall’: Sylvia.

What follows is a story of transgender awakening. Sylvia’s shameless swagger and tough-girl trans femininity is an affront to the Swaffham locals, and her presence triggers hatred and, ultimately, violence. But it is also a catalyst for Mel. Through her friendship with Sylvia, Mel comes to realise that not only is there a world beyond Swaffham, there are other ways of being, free from the class and gender roles embodied by her cruel, vulnerable mother Irene or her best friend, the troubled Jules.

Narrating this blistering coming-of-age tale from the present day is Max – formerly Mel, long since transitioned – who finds himself back in Swaffham while on leave from his job for defying speech codes around trans identity.

Some Strange Music Draws Me In

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Discover Some Strange Music Draws Me In by Griffin Hansbury. A captivating coming-of-age tale set in 1984 Swaffham, Massachusetts. Available in book format from Daunt Books.