Small Beauty

A transwoman must come to terms with her history after the death of a family member in this Lambda Award-winning novel. Small Beauty tells the story of Mei. Coping with the death of her cousin, she abandons her life in the city to live in his now-empty house in a small town. There she connects with his history as well as her own, learns about her aunt''s long-term secret relationship, and reflects on the trans women she has left behind. The novel explores the protagonist''s transness, but it also tenderly yet bitterly unpacks her experiences as a mixed-race person of Chinese descent, cycles of death and loss, and queer and intergenerational community. Small Beauty wanders through isolation and then breaks it - a trajectory that will resonate with readers who are thirsty for their own stories on the page.

• | Author: Jia Qing Wilson-Yang
• | Publisher: Metonymy Press
• | Publication Date: May 13, 2016
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• | Binding: Paperback / softback
• | ISBN-13: 9780994047120
• | ISBN-10: 0994047126