{"product_id":"language-of-limbs","title":"Language of Limbs","description":"\u003cb\u003e\"The prose is textured, viscous almost, an ooze of sweet honey shot through with golden light . . . \u003ci\u003eA Language of Limbs \u003c\/i\u003eis a novel of (impeccable) vibes and mood, a gay hymnal written from inside the guts of the two protagonists.\"\u003cbr\u003e--Yves Rees, \u003ci\u003eAustralian Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eA breathtaking, sliding-doors, will-they-won't-they love story and a tender epic that explores the weight of a choice, the love of community and how joy is found in even the darkest corners. \u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003eNewcastle, Australia, 1972. On a sticky summer night, a choice must be made: To give in to queer desire or suppress it? To venture into the unknown or stay the course? In alternating chapters, we trace the two versions of a life that follow. \u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003eIn one, a teenage girl is caught kissing her neighbor and is kicked out from her home. She lands at a queer communal home in Sydney called Uranian House, where she meets the people who will forever become her family. Meanwhile, in the second, a teenage girl pushes down her lustful dreams of her best friend and eventually makes her way to a university in Sydney to study English literature. \u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003eDuring pivotal moments, the physical space between these two women closes--like when they each meet the first great loves of their lives in 1977 at a protest, or when, almost a decade later, they are both rushed to the hospital with only a curtain between them. Through the AIDS crisis--and from classrooms to art galleries, beds to bars and hospitals to homes--we witness these two lives shadow each other until, finally and poignantly, they collide.","brand":"Dylin Hardcastle","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":46349439205612,"sku":"9780593852712","price":28.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0684\/1791\/3068\/files\/9780593852712.jpg?v=1744155028","url":"https:\/\/intl.allstora.com\/products\/language-of-limbs","provider":"Allstora","version":"1.0","type":"link"}