{"product_id":"some-strange-music-draws-me-in","title":"Some Strange Music Draws Me In","description":"\u003cp\u003eIt’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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhat 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eNarrating 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.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Daunt Books","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":50409498181963,"sku":"2171624","price":9.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"url":"https:\/\/shop.roughtrade.com\/fr\/products\/some-strange-music-draws-me-in","provider":"Rough Trade","version":"1.0","type":"link"}