{"product_id":"adam-9780544142930","title":"Adam","description":"\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\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\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.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Harper Perennial","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50523675492626,"sku":"9780544142930","price":10.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_02768a29-5469-4c03-af18-2a32e3acaebe.jpg?v=1731160988","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/adam-9780544142930","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}