EAN: 9780525517665

ZIGGY STARDUST AND ME - JAMES BRANDON TASCHENBUCH

In this tender-hearted debut  set against the tumultuous backdrop of life in 1973  when
homosexuality is still considered a mental illness  two boys defy all the odds and fall in
love-now in paperback!  The year is 1973. The Watergate hearings are in full swing. The Vietnam
War is still raging. And homosexuality is still officially considered a mental illness. In the
midst of these trying times is sixteen-year-old Jonathan Collins  a bullied  anxious  asthmatic
kid  who aside from an alcoholic father and his sympathetic neighbor and friend Starla  is
completely alone. To cope  Jonathan escapes to the safe haven of his imagination  where his
hero David Bowie's Ziggy Stardust and dead relatives  including his mother  guide him through
the rough terrain of his life. In his alternate reality  Jonathan can be anything: a superhero
an astronaut  Ziggy Stardust  himself  or completely "normal" and not a boy who likes other
boys. When he completes his treatments  he will be normal-at least he hopes. But before that
can happen  Web stumbles into his life. Web is everything Jonathan wishes he could be: fearless
fearsome and  most importantly  not ashamed of being gay.  Jonathan doesn't want to like
brooding Web  who has secrets all his own. Jonathan wants nothing more than to be "fixed" once
and for all. But he's drawn to Web anyway. Web is the first person in the real world to see
Jonathan completely and think he's perfect. Web is a kind of escape Jonathan has never known.
For the first time in his life  he may finally feel free enough to love and accept himself as
he is.  A poignant coming-of-age tale  Ziggy  Stardust and Me heralds the arrival of a stunning
and important new voice in YA.

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