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John mandel, national book awardnominated author of station eleven2014 lambda literary award finalist winner of the 2014 alex award booklist top 10 first novel of 20 school library journal best book of 20 max walker is a golden boy. The wall street journal a riveting snapshot of one tanzanian. Abigail tarttelin is an awardwinning author, screenwriter, actress, and musician. From the awardwinning author of golden boy, a riveting novel that traces one girls journey to. The buzzedabout london book fair novel golden boy, by 24yearold abigail tarttelin.
Gripping and beautifullywritten, abigail tarttelins golden boy is a. Although i analyze blooms and tarttelin s texts using trans and queer theoretical frameworks such as those penned by stryker, butler, and berlant, my. Abigail tarttelin, katy sobey, macmillan digital audio. Watson about a young boy coming to terms with being intersex. Bello, intelligente, campione nello sport, amico perfetto, figlio perfetto, il rubacuori della scuola. A compelling, brave novel about coming to terms with. Ze schrijft voor phoenix magazine en blogt voor the guardian en the huffington post.
Shelley harris, author of vigilante and jubilee abigail s second novel, golden boy, about intersex teen max walker, won an american library association alex award and was shortlisted for lamdbas best lgbt debut. Similarly, the reading selections that i use as teaching examples in this essay, blooms normal and tarttelin s golden boy, are authored by white cisfemale writers. Her second book, golden boy, was described as a dazzling debut by oprahs book club. How do other people treat us differently because of it. Their son max is the popular golden boy of his school. Golden boy is a unique youll learn in a single sitting yet wont ever omit. A story of a golden boy golden boy abigail tarttelin, 20. How does our experience as a certain gender shape us. In golden boy, she balances a harrowing coming of age with a deeply compassionate portrait of a family in crisis, and the result is sometimes brutal, often tender, and always compelling. Brazil globo livros, italy mondadori, turkey pegasus, the netherlands.
In her crusade to fill in the blanks of a fragmented life, tartellin uses a multipleperspective narrative style to help the reader make sense of max walker, the beautiful boy whose entire life has been shaped by secrets. Abigail tarttelin is a writer, an actress, and the book editor for phoenix magazine in the uk. Published in 20, the book has rapidly been translated into numerous languages and saw the author listed amongst the evening standards 25 people under 25. Abigail jane kathryn tarttelin born october 1987 is an english novelist who began her career as an actress. Golden boy is the second novel by abigail tarttelin, published in 20 about an intersex teenager, max, and his family. For example, in general women are smaller and physically weaker than men might years of.