{"product_id":"9781785788499-hijab-butch-blues-a-memoir","title":"Hijab Butch Blues: A Memoir","description":"\u003cp\u003eWhen Lamya is fourteen, she decides to disappear.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIt seems easier to ease herself out of sight than to grapple with the difficulty of taking shape in a world that doesn't fit. She is a queer teenager growing up in a Muslim household, a South Asian in a Middle Eastern country. But during her Quran class, she reads a passage about Maryam, and suddenly everything shifts: if Maryam was never touched by any man, could Maryam be... like Lamya?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWritten with deep intelligence and a fierce humour, Hijab Butch Blues follows Lamya as she travels to the United States, as she comes out, and as she navigates the complexities of the immigration system - and the queer dating scene. At each step, she turns to her faith to make sense of her life, weaving stories from the Quran together with her own experiences: Musa leading his people to freedom; Allah, who is neither male nor female; and Nuh, who built an ark, just as Lamya is finally able to become the architect of her own story.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eRaw and unflinching, Hijab Butch Blues heralds the arrival of a truly original voice, asking powerful questions about gender and sexuality, relationships, identity and faith, and what it means to build a life of one's own.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Icon Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44289294008456,"sku":"9781785788499","price":42.99,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0371\/3443\/4440\/files\/hijab-butch-blues-a-memoir-9781785788499-9294094.jpg?v=1758016856","url":"https:\/\/littlelostbookshop.com.au\/products\/9781785788499-hijab-butch-blues-a-memoir","provider":"The Little Lost Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}