{"product_id":"9781914198762","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. What 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","brand":"Daunt Books","offers":[{"title":"Griffin \/ Hansbury","offer_id":48924592996666,"sku":"9781914198762","price":9.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0289\/5334\/6096\/files\/9781914198762.jpg?v=1719052291","url":"https:\/\/goldenharebooks.live\/products\/9781914198762","provider":"Golden Hare Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}