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Open Road Media
January 2015
On Sale: December 23, 2014
Featuring: Larque Harootunian
ISBN: 1453248463
EAN: 9781453248461
Kindle: B00P8KUHH8
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Contemporary | Fantasy
A middle-aged housewife whose rebellious inner child runs away with her talent transforms herself into a fearless young gay man in this winner of the James Tiptree, Jr. Award Larque Harootunian is having a midlife crisis like no otherβbut then again, there is much about the frumpy, middle-aged housewife and mother that could never be considered ordinary. Larqueβs lifelong ability to generate βdopplegangers,β for exampleβphysical manifestations of her thoughts and emotionsβhas been a constant source of stress. And now she is being tormented by Skylark, a re-creation of her younger self, an angry inner child who is tormenting Larque about abandoning her youthful ambitions while running away with her artistic abilities, thereby depriving the older Larque of a livelihood as a painter of kitsch. But perhaps this is Larqueβs opportunity to explore her options. Acquiescing to Skyβs demands that she change herself, Larque tries on a series of different personasβto the consternation of her mother, husband, and teenage sonsβand finds her way to Popular Street. There, among the devil-may-care misfits, Larque can be Lark, a handsome young gay man, and quite possibly discover what her life is really about. In her critically acclaimed contemporary fantasy, multiple awardβwinning author Nancy Springer breaks through boundaries while provocatively comingling the real and the surreal. Larque on the Wing is a marvelβa moving, funny, surprising, and transcendent tale of one womanβs strange quest to come to terms with who she truly is. Larque Harootunian, 40-year-old mother and crafter of home decoration products, is going through a messy mid-life crisis. Her loved ones casually accept her unconscious habit of creating temporary doppelgangers of people out of thin air, but when she achieves a complete makeover which transforms her into a strong, courageous gay man, things may have gone too far.
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