{"product_id":"a-language-of-limbs-dylin-hardcastle-hardcover","title":"A Language of Limbs -- Dylin Hardcastle, Hardcover","description":"\u003cstrong\u003eFinalist for the Lambda Literary Award in Lesbian Fiction\n\nOne of TIME's 100 Must-Read Books of 2025 \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"[A] gay, literary \u003ci\u003eSliding Doors\u003c\/i\u003e.\"\n\n\u003cb\u003e--\u003ci\u003eAutostraddle\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"Heartbreaking and not to be forgotten.\"\u003ci\u003e\n\n\u003cb\u003e--USA Today\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cb\u003e, \"Best Books of the Year\"\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eA breathtaking, 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.\u003c\/b\u003e\n\n  Newcastle, 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.   In 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.   During 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.\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/strong\u003e Dylin Hardcastle\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/strong\u003e Dutton\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePublished:\u003c\/strong\u003e 6\/3\/2025\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 304\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/strong\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWeight:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.97 lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSize:\u003c\/strong\u003e 9.22\" H x 6.36\" L x 1.08\" W\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eISBN:\u003c\/strong\u003e 9780593852712\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e","brand":"Kotton Kandy Skies","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51742683365675,"sku":"9780593852712","price":28.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0962\/2978\/5899\/files\/9780593852712_69468d75-88e8-4ca8-8fb8-0a485961b076.jpg?v=1780338467","url":"https:\/\/2trc11-eq.myshopify.com\/products\/a-language-of-limbs-dylin-hardcastle-hardcover","provider":"Kotton Kandy Skies","version":"1.0","type":"link"}