{"product_id":"1443412651-for_today_i_am_a_boy","title":"For Today I Am A Boy","description":"\n\n\u003cp\u003eThe universally acclaimed debut novel from a powerful new voice in literary fiction.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eAt birth, Peter Huang is given the Chinese name juan chaun, meaning powerful king. He is the exalted only son in a family of daughters; the one who will finally fulfill his father's dreams of western masculinity. But Peter has different dreams: he knows that he is a girl.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003ePeter and his sisters-the elegant Adele, the shrewd Helen, and Bonnie, the bon vivant-grow up in a house of many secrets, then escape the confines of small-town Ontario and spread from Montreal to California to Berlin. Peter's own journey is obstructed by playground bullies, masochistic lovers, Christian ex-gays and the ever-present shadow of his father.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eSensitive, witty and stunningly assured, Kim Fu's debut novel is a coming-of-age tale like no other and marks the emergence of an astonishing new Canadian literary voice. Both lyrical and steely-eyed, For Today I Am a Boy shows us an unforgettable struggle: that of a woman in the body of a Chinese Canadian man.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eCategories:\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul class=\"category-tree\"\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eLiterature \u0026amp; Fiction\u003cul class=\"category-tree\"\u003e\u003cli class=\"category-tree\"\u003eGenre Fiction\u003c\/li\u003e\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\n","brand":"Harper Perennial","offers":[{"title":"Used - Good","offer_id":47688841920702,"sku":"1443412651-4","price":13.97,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0640\/9689\/5166\/files\/81oiu5RcFLL.jpg?v=1781886614","url":"https:\/\/shop.sustainablebooks.com\/products\/1443412651-for_today_i_am_a_boy","provider":"Sustainable Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}