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Valencia
'An exuberant, hilarious record of an unprecedented and mutinous time in queer history' Maggie Nelson
Series: Serpent's Tail Classics
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'One of the few truly life changing books I've encountered' Torrey Peters, bestselling author of Detransition, BabyFleeing Tucson and her troublesome on-and-off ex-girlfriend, Michelle lands in queer San Francisco's riotous underbelly, stumbling through her early twenties in a haze of nightlife, drug adventures, scams and a...
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The 25th anniversary edition of Michelle Tea's classic coming-of-age story, now with a foreword by Maggie Nelson, award-winning author of The Argonauts
A fast-paced account of one year in San Francisco's underground scene, filled with sex, drugs and the never-ending search for true love.
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Description
'One of the few truly life changing books I've encountered' Torrey Peters, bestselling author of Detransition, Baby
Fleeing Tucson and her troublesome on-and-off ex-girlfriend, Michelle lands in queer San Francisco's riotous underbelly, stumbling through her early twenties in a haze of nightlife, drug adventures, scams and a string of hookups, break-ups and make-ups. As butches and dykes spin in and out of her orbit, she considers the force and casual cruelty of their desires and her own. Heady, beer-sticky and brimming with life, Valencia is a sharply observed and piercingly funny chronicle of a year lived close to the bone.
Fleeing Tucson and her troublesome on-and-off ex-girlfriend, Michelle lands in queer San Francisco's riotous underbelly, stumbling through her early twenties in a haze of nightlife, drug adventures, scams and a string of hookups, break-ups and make-ups. As butches and dykes spin in and out of her orbit, she considers the force and casual cruelty of their desires and her own. Heady, beer-sticky and brimming with life, Valencia is a sharply observed and piercingly funny chronicle of a year lived close to the bone.
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INFORMATION
ISBN: 9781805226819
Publisher: Profile Books Ltd
Format: Paperback / softback
Date Published: 05 June 2025
Country: United Kingdom
Imprint: Serpent's Tail
Edition: Main
Contributors:
- Foreword by Maggie Nelson
Audience: General / adult
DIMENSIONS
Spine width: 22.0mm
Width: 128.0mm
Height: 198.0mm
Weight: 240g
Pages: 288
About the Author
Michelle Tea is the author of over a dozen books, including Black Wave, Knocking Myself Up, and Against Memoir. Valencia received the Lambda Literary Award for Best Lesbian Fiction and was adapted into a feature film.
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