"I loved this devastating marvel of a book." -- Andrea Lawlor, author of Paul Takes the Form of a Mortal Girl "[ An] intimate examination of desire and destruction." -- Grace Byron - Nation "One of the best works of literary fiction Ive read not just this year but in the last several." -- Drew Broussard, Literary Hub, 38 Favorite Books of the Year "Gorgeous, propulsivefilled with beauty and danger, youth and wisdom, and the lifesaving lifelines of counterculture." -- Michelle Tea, author of Knocking Myself Up "Populated by characters so real, youll wish you could hang out with them and keep them safe." -- Rufus Hickok - Bust "Compellingbeautifully written. I loved the alternating perspectives of the pre/post transition dual time. Wonderful." -- Sara Lawrence - Daily Mail "Hansbury has crafted a truly rare thinga gift and a guide." -- Bryan Washington, author of Family Meal "The coming-of-age, reckoning-with-gender story we have all needed for decades." -- James Hannaham, author of Didn't Nobody Give a Shit What Happened to Carlotta "From the first brilliant sentence, I knew I was going to love this book." -- Ariel Schrag, author of Part of It "A pleasure to read." -- Alexander Chee, author of How to Write an Autobiographical Novel "A story of how latent queerness can point toward the exit from poverty and despair. [ A] book filled with compassion." -- McKenzie Wark, author of Love and Money, Sex and Death "Max and Mel will leave you reeling with emotion, transformed and hopeful." -- Andrés N. Ordorica, author of How We Named the Stars "God damn I loved this book. [ Griffin] Hansbury has achingly captured the miracle of queer generations seeing and saving each other, without hiding the real struggle to connect across generations, our different times and traumas." -- CJ Hauser, author of The Crane Wife "An uncompromising excavation of a transmasc adolescence." -- Lauren John Joseph, author of At Certain Points We Touch "A touchstone LGBTQIA+ coming of age novel containing superbly drawn characters, a brilliant story, and knowing prose that constantly seeks to complicate simplistic narratives around gender, sexuality, and class." -- Booklist, starred review "Incisive. [ S]harp, perceptive prose. There are no easy answers in Hansburys bracing narrative." -- Publishers Weekly
