Description
Seven heartstoppingly gorgeous stories about young transgender life from from the Upper Midwest to New York City.
In seven light-filled prisms of short stories, Emily Zhou chronicles modern queer life with uncompromising and hilarious lucidity. Attending to the intimacy of Gen Z women’s lives, these stories move from the provinces to the metropolis, from chaotic student accommodation to insecure jobs, from parties to dates to the nights after, from haplessness to some kind of power.
Funny and devastating, like a trans Mary McCarthy, Zhou depicts with shocking precision the choices and shifts through which we work on each other and ourselves. Tender, merciless, and gracious, GIRLFRIENDS is a breath of fresh air.
Fiction. LGBTQ+ Studies. Women's Studies.
Author Bio
Emily Zhou was born in Michigan and lives in New York City. This is her first book.
Author City: NEW YORK, NY USA