Music from Another World (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9781335146779)

A master of award-winning queer historical fiction, New York Times bestselling author Robin Talley brings to life an emotionally captivating story about the lives of two teen girls living in an age when just being yourself was an incredible act of bravery.

It's summer 1977 and closeted lesbian Tammy Larson can't be herself anywhere. Not at her strict Christian high school, not at her conservative Orange County church and certainly not at home, where her ultrareligious aunt relentlessly organizes antigay political campaigns. Tammy's only outlet is writing secret letters in her diary to gay civil rights activist Harvey Milk...until she's matched with a real-life pen pal who changes everything.

Sharon Hawkins bonds with Tammy over punk music and carefully shared secrets, and soon their letters become the one place she can be honest. The rest of her life in San Francisco is full of lies. The kind she tells for others--like helping her gay brother hide the truth from their mom--and the kind she tells herself. But as antigay fervor in America reaches a frightening new pitch, Sharon and Tammy must rely on their long-distance friendship to discover their deeply personal truths, what they'll stand for...and who they'll rise against.



Author: Robin Talley
ISBN-10: 1335146776
ISBN-13: 9781335146779
Publisher: Inkyard Press
Language: English
Published: 03/31/2020
Pages: 384
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 0.80lbs
Size: 8.50h x 5.80w x 1.10d

Review Citation(s):
Kirkus Reviews 02/01/2020
Publishers Weekly 02/24/2020
School Library Journal 03/01/2020 pg. 113
Booklist 02/15/2020 pg. 83
Voice of Youth Advocates 04/01/2020 - Recommended - Readable