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Avi Roques careful pacing and emotional connection enhance the audiobooks lyrical prose enchanting listeners throughout this slowburn romanceAudioFile Magazine on SelfMade Boys
Stonewall Honor recipient and twotime National Book Award Longlist selectee AnnaMarie McLemore weaves an intoxicating tale of glamor and heartache in SelfMade Boys A Great Gatsby Remix part of the Remixed Classics series
New York City 1922 Nicols Caraveo a 17yearold transgender boy from Wisconsin has no interest in the citys glamor Going to New York is all about establishing himself as a young professional which could set up his futureand his life as a manand benefit his family
Nick rents a small house in West Egg from his 18yearold cousin Daisy Fabrega who lives in fashionable East Egg near her wealthy fianc Tomand Nick is shocked to find that his cousin now goes by Daisy Fay has erased all signs of her Latina heritage and now passes seamlessly as white
Nicks neighbor in West Egg is a mysterious young man named Jay Gatsby whose castlelike mansion is the stage for parties so extravagant that they both dazzle and terrify Nick At one of these parties Nick learns that the spectacle is all for the benefit of impressing a girl from Jays pastDaisy And he learns something else Jay is also transgender
As Nick is pulled deeper into the glittery culture of decadence he spends more time with Jay aiming to help his new friend reconnect with his lost love But Nicks feelings grow more complicated when he finds himself falling hard for Jays openness idealism and unfounded faith in the American Dream
Praise for SelfMade Boys
AnnaMarie McLemore cracks the Gatsby story wide open breathing fresh life into these familiar characters with wisdom honesty and real tenderness An alltime favoriteI was completely transported Becky Albertalli New York Timesbestselling author of Simon vs the Homo Sapiens Agenda
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