| Record Number |
16566 |
| ISBN |
9781742758169 (paperback) |
| Location |
F FU |
| Author |
Fu, Kim |
| Title |
For today I am a boy / Kim Fu. [Book] |
| Published |
North Sydney, NSW : Random House Australia, 2014. |
| Collation |
xiii, 241 pages ; 24 cm. |
| General Note |
At foot of title: Vintage Books Australia. |
| First published in the United States by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company in 2014. First published in Australia by Vintage in 2014. |
| Review by Cameron Woodhead published in Spectrum, February 22-23 2014, p. 31. |
| Summary Note |
"At birth, Peter had been given the Chinese name Juan Chaun, 'Powerful King'. The exalted only son in the middle of three daughters, Peter was the one who would finally embody his immigrant father's ideal of power and masculinity. But Peter has different dreams: he is certain he's a girl. Peter Huang and his sisters - elegant Adele, shrewd Helen, and Bonnie the bon vivant - grow up in a house of many secrets, then escape the confines of small-town Ontario and spread from Montreal to California to Berlin. Peter's own journey is obstructed by playground bullies, masochistic lovers, Christian ex-gays, and the ever-present shadow of his Chinese father." - Back cover. |
| Target Audience |
"Adult books for young adults." -- NoveList Plus. |
| Collection code: LGBTIQA+ young adults |
| Awards Note |
Winner, Edmund White Prize for Debut Fiction, 2015. |
| See publisher website link, below, for full list of several awards. |
| Subject |
Chinese -- Canada -- Fiction |
| Gender identity -- Fiction |
| Interpersonal relations -- Fiction |
| Psychological fiction |
| Brothers and sisters Fiction. |
| Fathers and sons -- Fiction |
| Internet Site |
Publisher website |
