{"product_id":"9781551527253","title":"Jonny Appleseed","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e2021 CANADA READS WINNER\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eWINNER, Lambda Literary Award; Georges Bugnet Award for Fiction\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eFinalist, Governor General's Literary Award for Fiction; Amazon Canada First Novel Award; Indigenous Voices Award; Carol Shields Winnipeg Book Award; Firecracker Award for Fiction\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eLonglisted for the Scotiabank Giller Prize\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA \u003ci\u003eGlobe and Mail\u003c\/i\u003e Best Book of the Year\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA tour-de-force debut novel about a Two-Spirit Indigiqueer young man and proud NDN glitter princess who must reckon with his past when he returns home to his reserve.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\"You're gonna need a rock and a whole lotta medicine\" is a mantra that Jonny Appleseed, a young Two-Spirit\/Indigiqueer, repeats to himself in this vivid and utterly compelling debut novel by poet Joshua Whitehead.\u003c\/p\u003e \r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003eOff the reserve and trying to find ways to live and love in the big city, Jonny becomes a cybersex worker who fetishizes himself in order to make a living. Self-ordained as an NDN glitter princess, Jonny has one week before he must return to the \"rez\"--and his former life--to attend the funeral of his stepfather. The seven days that follow are like a fevered dream: stories of love, trauma, sex, kinship, ambition, and the heartbreaking recollection of his beloved kokum (grandmother). Jonny's life is a series of breakages, appendages, and linkages--and as he goes through the motions of preparing to return home, he learns how to put together the pieces of his life.\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eJonny Appleseed\u003c\/i\u003e is a unique, shattering vision of First Nations life, full of grit, glitter, and dreams.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Joshua Whitehead (CA)","offers":[{"title":"Paperback \/ softback Trade paperback (US)","offer_id":51520231113000,"sku":"9781551527253","price":10.0,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0976\/7482\/1928\/files\/BNCImageAPI_929b3561-e9be-4114-99a1-fcec96a853dc.jpg?v=1773099496","url":"https:\/\/hiddengembookco.ca\/products\/9781551527253","provider":"Hidden Gem Book Co","version":"1.0","type":"link"}