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Please Miss: A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Penis

Please Miss: A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Penis

by Grace E. Lavery

Seal Press ·2022 ·304 pages
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About This Book

Grace Lavery is a reformed druggie, an unreformed omnisexual chaos Muppet, and 100 percent, all-natural, synthetic female hormone monster. As soon as she solves her "penis problem," she begins receiving anonymous letters, seemingly sent by a cult of sinister clowns, and sets out on a magical mystery tour to find the source of these surreal missives. Misadventures abound: Grace performs in a David Lynch remake of Sunset Boulevard and is reprogrammed as a sixties femmebot; she writes a Juggalo Ghostbusters prequel and a socialist manifesto disguised as a porn parody of a quiz show. Or is it vice versa? As Grace fumbles toward a new trans identity, she tries on dozens of different voices, creating a coat of many colors. With more dick jokes than a transsexual should be able to pull off, Please Miss gives us what we came for, then slaps us in the face and orders us to come again.


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"The other side of the debate is represented here in long parodies that are not as funny as they think they are ..."

Sarah Ditum· The Times (UK) Read review ↗ Bottom of the Pile

"Although the book's structural messiness and lack of a narrative flow may be off-putting for some readers, I found such an approach to be pretty reflective of the journey that many trans people make."

Barry Pierce· The Irish Times Read review ↗ Top of the Pile

"LGBTQ literati will find much to explore, but others may have more homework to do first."

Publishers Weekly Read review ↗ Near the Top

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