{"product_id":"jonny-appleseed","title":"Jonny Appleseed","description":"\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cem\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\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\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\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\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\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003ci data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eJonny Appleseed\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eis a unique, shattering vision of First Nations life, full of grit, glitter, and dreams.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e2021 CANADA READS WINNER\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eWINNER, Lambda Literary Award; Georges Bugnet Award for Fiction\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\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\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eLonglisted for the Scotiabank Giller Prize\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eA Globe and Mail Best Book of the Year\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFiction\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAuthor: Joshua Whitehead\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePaperback: 224 pages\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eDimensions: 5.5 x 8 inches\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePublisher: Arsenal Pulp Press\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e","brand":"University of Toronto Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44598418538595,"sku":"swd1789284486936","price":9.65,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0661\/6075\/4787\/files\/jonny-appleseed_1.jpg?v=1789284491","url":"https:\/\/www.cedarandnook.shop\/products\/jonny-appleseed","provider":"My Store","version":"1.0","type":"link"}