{"product_id":"a-language-of-limbs-9780593852712","title":"A Language of Limbs","description":"\u003cb\u003e\"The prose is textured, viscous almost, an ooze of sweet honey shot through with golden light . . . \u003ci\u003eA Language of Limbs \u003c\/i\u003eis a novel of (impeccable) vibes and mood, a gay hymnal written from inside the guts of the two protagonists.\"\u003cbr\u003e--Yves Rees, \u003ci\u003eAustralian Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eA breathtaking, sliding-doors, will-they-won't-they love story and a tender epic that explores the weight of a choice, the love of community and how joy is found in even the darkest corners. \u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003eNewcastle, Australia, 1972. On a sticky summer night, a choice must be made: To give in to queer desire or suppress it? To venture into the unknown or stay the course? In alternating chapters, we trace the two versions of a life that follow. \u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003eIn one, a teenage girl is caught kissing her neighbor and is kicked out from her home. She lands at a queer communal home in Sydney called Uranian House, where she meets the people who will forever become her family. Meanwhile, in the second, a teenage girl pushes down her lustful dreams of her best friend and eventually makes her way to a university in Sydney to study English literature. \u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003eDuring pivotal moments, the physical space between these two women closes--like when they each meet the first great loves of their lives in 1977 at a protest, or when, almost a decade later, they are both rushed to the hospital with only a curtain between them. Through the AIDS crisis--and from classrooms to art galleries, beds to bars and hospitals to homes--we witness these two lives shadow each other until, finally and poignantly, they collide.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Dutton\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 06\/03\/2025\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780593852712\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 304\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eReview Citations: \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal\u003c\/i\u003e 12\/01\/2024 pg. 1\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 03\/17\/2025\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Dylin Hardcastle","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45276433416373,"sku":"9780593852712","price":23.8,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/files\/img_44e507b8-b620-4c82-96ce-b9919ccf7c16.jpg?v=1744123222","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/a-language-of-limbs-9780593852712","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}