High school /
Material type: TextPublication details: London : Virago, 2020Description: xi, 369 pages : illustrations (black and white) ; 20 cmContent type: text | still image Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 9780349011981 (pbk.) :Subject(s): Quin, Sara, 1980- -- Childhood and youth | Quin, Tegan, 1980- -- Childhood and youth | Tegan and Sara | Women singers -- Biography. -- Canada | Singers -- Biography. -- Canada | Biography | Biography & non-fiction prose | Musicians, singers, bands & groups | Autobiography: arts & entertainment | Canada | Relating to Gay & Lesbian | Biography: arts & entertainment | Gay & Lesbian studies | Composers & songwriters | LesbianDDC classification: 782.421660922 LOC classification: ML421.T408Summary: From iconic musicians Tegan and Sara comes a nostalgic memoir about high school, detailing their first loves and first songs in a compelling look back at their origin story. From iconic musicians Tegan and Sara comes a nostalgic memoir about high school, detailing their first loves and first songs in a compelling look back at their origin story. 'Genius' Augusten Burroughs, author of Running with Scissors'A gift' Ellen Page, actress'Utterly charming' Carmen Maria Machado, author of Her Body and Other PartiesBefore they became international musicians and LGBTQ+ icons, twin sisters Sara and Tegan Quin came of age in 90s Canada. They argued relentlessly, skipped school, dropped acid and fell in and out of love - sometimes with their best friends. One day they found their stepdad's guitar and their lives changed course forever.High School is a revelatory joint memoir. It captures two sisters wrestling with their sexual and artistic identities and those breathtaking years when the future seems wondrously possible.Item type | Current library | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds |
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Books | Main Library Fiction | F .Q71 2020 | Checked out | 07/11/2024 | 34122 |
Originally published: New York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2019.
From iconic musicians Tegan and Sara comes a nostalgic memoir about high school, detailing their first loves and first songs in a compelling look back at their origin story. From iconic musicians Tegan and Sara comes a nostalgic memoir about high school, detailing their first loves and first songs in a compelling look back at their origin story. 'Genius' Augusten Burroughs, author of Running with Scissors'A gift' Ellen Page, actress'Utterly charming' Carmen Maria Machado, author of Her Body and Other PartiesBefore they became international musicians and LGBTQ+ icons, twin sisters Sara and Tegan Quin came of age in 90s Canada. They argued relentlessly, skipped school, dropped acid and fell in and out of love - sometimes with their best friends. One day they found their stepdad's guitar and their lives changed course forever.High School is a revelatory joint memoir. It captures two sisters wrestling with their sexual and artistic identities and those breathtaking years when the future seems wondrously possible.