{"product_id":"adam-paperback-3","title":"Adam - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eAriel Schrag\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eNOW A MAJOR MOTION PICTURE. A sweet and subversive coming-of-age novel by award-winning memoirist and screenwriter Ariel Schrag.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWhen Adam Freedman--a skinny, awkward, inexperienced teenager from Piedmont, California--goes to stay with his older sister Casey in New York City, he is hopeful that his life is about to change. And it sure does.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIt is the summer of 2006. Gay marriage and transgender rights are in the air, and Casey has thrust herself into a wild lesbian subculture. Soon Adam is tagging along to underground clubs, where there are hot older women everywhere he turns. It takes some time for him to realize that many in this new crowd assume he is trans--a boy who was born a girl. Why else would this baby-faced guy always be around?\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThen Adam meets Gillian, the girl of his dreams--but she couldn't possibly be interested in him. Unless passing as a trans guy might actually work in his favor . . .\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAriel Schrag's scathingly funny and poignant debut novel puts a fresh spin on questions of love, attraction, self-definition, and what it takes to be at home in your own skin.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"An insightful, funny, and unexpected love story.\"--Aimee Mann\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"[An] audacious coming-of-age novel.\"--\u003cem\u003eMiami Herald\u003c\/em\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Compulsively readable.\"--\u003cem\u003eBookforum\u003c\/em\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Hilarious...Schrag's riotous, poignant debut novel will leave you reeling.\"--\u003cem\u003eSF Weekly\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eBack Jacket\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eAriel Schrag s book is a kind of Adam in Wonderland, with its young hero exploring worlds usually kept underground. An insightful, funny, and unexpected love story. Aimee Mann \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhen Adam Freedman a skinny, awkward, inexperienced teenager from Piedmont, California goes to stay with his older sister Casey in New York City, he is hopeful that his life is about to change. And it sure does. \u003cbr\u003eIt is the summer of 2006. Gay marriage and transgender rights are in the air, and Casey has thrust herself into a wild lesbian subculture. Soon Adam is tagging along to underground clubs, where there are hot older women everywhere he turns. It takes some time for him to realize that many in this new crowd assume he is trans a boy who was born a girl. Why else would this baby-faced guy always be around? \u003cbr\u003eThen Adam meets Gillian, the girl of his dreams but she couldn t possibly be interested in him. Unless passing as a trans guy might actually work in his favor . . . \u003cbr\u003eAriel Schrag s scathingly funny and poignant debut novel puts a fresh spin on questions of love, attraction, self-definition, and what it takes to be at home in your own skin. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e The sexual revolution is over and Ariel Schrag has won. Adam is the most twisted, hilarious, and deeply gratifying reading experience I have had in a long time.\" Alison Bechdel, author of Fun Home and Are You My Mother? \u003cbr\u003e Schrag s frisky debut . . . [is] one of the most original coming-of-age stories of recent years. Publishers Weekly \u003cbr\u003e Hysterically funny and deliciously precise . . . Schrag writes as elegantly about sex parties as she does about the complicated emotions of awkwardness. Nico Muhly, composer of Two Boys \u003cbr\u003eAriel Schrag grew up in Berkeley, California. She is the author of the graphic memoirs Awkward, Definition, Potential, and Likewise, and has written for television series for HBO and Showtime. Adam is her first novel. She lives in Brooklyn, New York.\u003cbr\u003eAuthor photograph (c) Chloe Aftel \u003cbr\u003eA Mariner Paperback Original \u003cbr\u003eMARINER\u003cbr\u003ewww.marinerbooks.com\u003cbr\u003e$13.95\u003cbr\u003eISBN 978-0-544-14293-0\u003cbr\u003eFiction\u003cbr\u003e0614\/1546904\u003cbr\u003e\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eAriel Schrag grew up in Berkeley, California. She is the author of the graphic memoirs \u003ci\u003eAwkward\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eDefinition\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003ePotential\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eLikewise\u003c\/i\u003e, and has written for the television shows \u003ci\u003eHow to Make it in America\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe L Word\u003c\/i\u003e. She lives in Brooklyn.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 320\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.86 x 8.18 x 5.34 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e June 10, 2014\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53055930859744,"sku":"9780544142930","price":16.79,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0811\/5909\/4496\/files\/URgCSWOI7H9780544142930.webp?v=1781348488","url":"https:\/\/improvedinc.myshopify.com\/products\/adam-paperback-3","provider":"Improved Improper Input Inc.","version":"1.0","type":"link"}