Hijab Butch Blues: A Memoir

A Masterful, Must-Read Contribution To Conversations On Power, Justice, Healing, And Devotion From A Singular Voice I Now Trust With My Whole HeartGlennon Doyle, Author Of Untamed**Roxane GayS Book Club March 2023 Pick**When Lamya Is Fourteen, She Decides To Disappear.It Seems Easier To Ease Herself Out Of Sight Than To Grapple With The Difficulty Of Taking Shape In A World That DoesnT 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?Written 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.Raw 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 OneS Own.