{"product_id":"dandelion-daughter-9781550656183","title":"Dandelion Daughter","description":"\u003cp\u003e \u003cb\u003eA runaway bestseller in Qu?bec, where it has captured the hearts of readers and pushed trans-identity into the mainstream conversation\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003ci\u003eDandelion Daughter\u003c\/i\u003e is an intimate, courageous portrait of what it's like to grow up having been assigned the wrong sex at birth. Set against the windswept countryside of the remote Charlevoix region some five hours north of Montreal, \u003cb\u003eGabrielle Boulianne-Tremblay\u003c\/b\u003e's autobiographical novel immortalizes her early years as an alienated boy trapped in a world of small-town values and her parents' dissolving marriage, through complex adolescent years of self-discovery and first loves, to the harrowing episodes that fuel the growing realization that she must transition and give birth to her new self if she is to continue living at all. One of the first novels of its kind to appear in Qu?bec, this inspiring story has already connected with a wide readership, and has been adopted by many schools to help expand worldviews and curriculums.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eGabrielle Boulianne-Tremblay\u003c\/b\u003e is a writer, actress, model, and trans activist. Apart from the resounding success of her debut novel \u003ci\u003eLa fille d'elle même\u003c\/i\u003e, her supporting role in the 2016 film \u003ci\u003eCeux qui font les révolutions à moitié n'ont fait que se creuser un tombeau\u003c\/i\u003e garnered her the first-ever nomination for a trans actress at the Canadian Screen Awards. Her other publications include the poetry collections \u003ci\u003eLe Ventre des volcans\u003c\/i\u003e (2015) and\u003ci\u003e Les secrets de l'origami\u003c\/i\u003e (2018), and \u003ci\u003eLa voix de la nature\u003c\/i\u003e (2022), a book for young adults. \u003ci\u003eDandelion Daughter\u003c\/i\u003e is her English-language debut.\u003cb\u003e Eli Tareq El Bechelany-Lynch \u003c\/b\u003eis the author of \u003ci\u003eknot body\u003c\/i\u003e (2020, Metatron Press), which was shortlisted for the QWF Concordia First Book Award, and \u003ci\u003eThe Good Arabs\u003c\/i\u003e (2021, Metonymy Press), which won the 2022 Grand Prix du Livre de Montréal. Their work has appeared in \u003ci\u003eThe Best Canadian Poetry 2018 \u003c\/i\u003eanthology, \u003ci\u003eThe New Quarterly\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eArc Poetry Magazine\u003c\/i\u003e, and was longlisted for the 2019 CBC Poetry Prize. They are an acquisitions editor at Metonymy Press, as well as an editor at s\u003ci\u003emoke and mold\u003c\/i\u003e and the non-fiction editor at \u003ci\u003eThe Puritan\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Esplanade Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50631833944338,"sku":"9781550656183","price":12.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_f38f7694-551b-4d97-b802-e0e28e0c3d56.jpg?v=1732785593","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/dandelion-daughter-9781550656183","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}