{"product_id":"manboobs-a-memoir-of-musicals-visas-hope-and-cake-9781419773846","title":"Manboobs: A Memoir of Musicals, Visas, Hope, and Cake","description":"\u003cb\u003eA blazing new talent's hilarious memoir about coming of age and coming out in Pakistan, moving to America, looking for love, and falling in love with himself along the way\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eManboobs\u003c\/i\u003e is: \"wickedly funny and often moving\"...\"hilarious and despairing\"...\"heartbreaking and stirring.\"\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e What do you do when you're too gay for Pakistan, too Pakistani to be gay in America, and you're ashamed of your body everywhere? How can you find happiness despite years of humiliation, physical danger, and a legion of Brooklyn hipsters who know you only as a queer from Whereveristan? How do you summon the courage to be yourself no matter where you are? \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Even as a young child in Lahore, Komail Aijazuddin knew he was different--no one else at his all-boys prep school was pirouetting off their desks, or bullied for their \"manboobs,\" or spontaneously bursting into songs from \u003ci\u003eThe Little Mermaid\u003c\/i\u003e. Aijazuddin began to believe his only chance at a happy, meaningful life would be found elsewhere: America, the land of the free, the home of the gays. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e But the hostility of a post-9\/11 world and society's rejection of his art, his desires, and his body would soon teach him that finding happiness takes a lot more than a plane ticket. Searching for his place between two worlds while navigating a minefield of expectations, prejudice, and self-doubt, Aijazuddin discovered, sometimes painfully, sometimes hilariously, that there are people and places he'd need to let go of to move forward. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eManboobs \u003c\/i\u003eis Aijazuddin's riotous yet intelligent memoir of searching for love, seamlessly blending humor, politics, pop culture, and the bravery required to be yourself. Aijazuddin confidently announces himself as a sharp new voice in humor with his moving, wickedly funny reexamination of the American Dream and our search for home. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003e*Kirkus, Foreword Reviews, Publishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Abrams Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 08\/13\/2024\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781419773846\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 272\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eReview Citations: \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 06\/03\/2024\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e 06\/15\/2024\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Komail Aijazuddin","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44315123318965,"sku":"9781419773846","price":22.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/files\/img_319ba77c-852b-4bfa-b409-ed02dfb097ce.jpg?v=1718720311","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/manboobs-a-memoir-of-musicals-visas-hope-and-cake-9781419773846","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}