Some Strange Music Draws Me in

by Griffin Hansbury

It's the summer of 1984 in Swaffham, Massachusetts, when Mel (short for Melanie) meets Sylvia, a tough-as-nails trans woman whose shameless swagger inspires Mel's dawning self-awareness. But Sylvia's presence sparks fury among her neighbors and throws Mel into conflict with her mother and best friend. Decades later, in 2019, Max (formerly Mel) is on probation from his teaching job for, ironically, defying speech codes around trans identity. Back...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1324105240
• ISBN13: 9781324105244
• Release Date: April 2025
• Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
• Length: 320 Pages