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Orpheus Girl - Hardcover By Rebele-Henry, Brynne - VERY GOOD
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Product Identifiers
Publisher
SOHO Press, Incorporated
ISBN-10
1641290749
ISBN-13
9781641290746
eBay Product ID (ePID)
21038439554
Product Key Features
Book Title
Orpheus Girl
Number of Pages
176 Pages
Language
English
Topic
Family / Parents, Social Themes / Dating & Sex, General, Romance / Lgbt
Publication Year
2019
Genre
Juvenile Fiction, Young Adult Fiction
Format
Hardcover
Dimensions
Item Height
0.7 in
Item Weight
11.2 Oz
Item Length
8.5 in
Item Width
5.7 in
Additional Product Features
Intended Audience
Young Adult Audience
LCCN
2019-009916
Reviews
A Fall 2019 Kids' ABA Indie Next Pick Praise for Orpheus Girl "Raya and Sarah's story is a credit to Rebele-Henry's own teen voice, mature beyond her years. The emotionally dramatic narrative . . . rings incredibly true." -- NPR "A haunting, brutally true stroke of genius." --Meredith Russo, Stonewall Award winning author of If I Was Your Girl "An unflinching look at exclusion, hate and resilience." -- Ms. Magazine "The love between these two girls is the beating heart of this novel, and this romance combined with the intense masquerade they must constantly perform, 'just pretending' their feelings away, is where Rebele-Henry succeeds at portraying the aching duality of being queer in an environment that will not allow it . . . Orpheus Girl is a modern epic that helps us think about the older epics, and what they have still to offer us." -- Chicago Review of Books "A testament to true love and resiliency . . . it's a joy to read the elegiac rhythm she has so deftly created with ever-turning, dynamic language." -- Counterclock Journal "What makes thrillers so thrilling . . . is the layering of reality with myth, and few craft this combination as successfully as Orpheus Girl ." --Bitch Media "A haunting story about exploring what it means to define your true self as those around you try actively to destroy it . . . the novel is powerful and will speak to anyone who has tried desperately to fit in, only to realize that's not what will make them feel complete." -- Booklist "A bold, graphic tale about the costs of exclusion." --Kirkus Reviews "Deeply emotional, this devastating story is lyrical and haunting." -- School Library Journal "This book is dreamy and wavering, like a heat mirage, like the shadows of trees on a sidewalk; it's lovely and lazy, but grows in urgency as it progresses, just like Raya and Sarah's attempts to escape." -- Megan Szmyd, Old Firehouse Books (Fort Collins, CO) Praise for Brynne Rebele-Henry Finalist for the 2019 Audre Lorde Award for Lesbian Poetry Winner of the AWP 2017 Donald Hall Prize for Poetry "With unflinching vision, Brynne Rebele-Henry pulls us into the trenches of young womanhood." --Julia Elliott, author of The Wilds "I couldn't get this one out of my mind. Brynne Rebele-Henry has such a singular, obsessive urgency to her voice." --Kim Addonizio, author of the National Book Award Finalist Tell Me "Rebele-Henry is unafraid to confront the darkness that lives in any crevice." --Tarfia Faizullah, author of Seam "Wise, startling . . . a poet to watch." --Library Journal, A Fall 2019 Kids' ABA Indie Next Pick A Bitch Media Best LGBTQ Young Adult Book of 2019 A She Reads Best Young Adult Book of 2019 Praise for Orpheus Girl "Raya and Sarah's story is a credit to Rebele-Henry's own teen voice, mature beyond her years. The emotionally dramatic narrative . . . rings incredibly true." -- NPR "A haunting, brutally true stroke of genius." --Meredith Russo, Stonewall Award winning author of If I Was Your Girl "An unflinching look at exclusion, hate and resilience." -- Ms. Magazine "The love between these two girls is the beating heart of this novel, and this romance combined with the intense masquerade they must constantly perform, 'just pretending' their feelings away, is where Rebele-Henry succeeds at portraying the aching duality of being queer in an environment that will not allow it . . . Orpheus Girl is a modern epic that helps us think about the older epics, and what they have still to offer us." -- Chicago Review of Books "A testament to true love and resiliency . . . it's a joy to read the elegiac rhythm she has so deftly created with ever-turning, dynamic language." -- Counterclock Journal "What makes thrillers so thrilling . . . is the layering of reality with myth, and few craft this combination as successfully as Orpheus Girl ." --Bitch Media "Rebele-Henry has a true gift for mythological prose and imagery . . . All readers will benefit from this short, poetic story because while it is an engaging work of fiction, it is also a harsh reminder that no one should be thrown away or forced to change because they are different." -- Lone Star Literary Life "A haunting story about exploring what it means to define your true self as those around you try actively to destroy it . . . the novel is powerful and will speak to anyone who has tried desperately to fit in, only to realize that's not what will make them feel complete." -- Booklist "A bold, graphic tale about the costs of exclusion." --Kirkus Reviews "Deeply emotional, this devastating story is lyrical and haunting." -- School Library Journal "This book is dreamy and wavering, like a heat mirage, like the shadows of trees on a sidewalk; it's lovely and lazy, but grows in urgency as it progresses, just like Raya and Sarah's attempts to escape." -- Megan Szmyd, Old Firehouse Books (Fort Collins, CO) Praise for Brynne Rebele-Henry Finalist for the 2019 Audre Lorde Award for Lesbian Poetry Winner of the AWP 2017 Donald Hall Prize for Poetry "With unflinching vision, Brynne Rebele-Henry pulls us into the trenches of young womanhood." --Julia Elliott, author of The Wilds "I couldn't get this one out of my mind. Brynne Rebele-Henry has such a singular, obsessive urgency to her voice." --Kim Addonizio, author of the National Book Award Finalist Tell Me "Rebele-Henry is unafraid to confront the darkness that lives in any crevice." --Tarfia Faizullah, author of Seam "Wise, startling . . . a poet to watch." --Library Journal, A Fall 2019 Kids' ABA Indie Next Pick A Bitch Media Best LGBTQ Young Adult Book of 2019 A She Reads Best Young Adult Book of 2019 Lone Star Literary Life's Best of Texas 2019 Praise for Orpheus Girl "Raya and Sarah's story is a credit to Rebele-Henry's own teen voice, mature beyond her years. The emotionally dramatic narrative . . . rings incredibly true." -- NPR "A haunting, brutally true stroke of genius." --Meredith Russo, Stonewall Award winning author of If I Was Your Girl "An unflinching look at exclusion, hate and resilience." -- Ms. Magazine "The love between these two girls is the beating heart of this novel, and this romance combined with the intense masquerade they must constantly perform, 'just pretending' their feelings away, is where Rebele-Henry succeeds at portraying the aching duality of being queer in an environment that will not allow it . . . Orpheus Girl is a modern epic that helps us think about the older epics, and what they have still to offer us." -- Chicago Review of Books "A testament to true love and resiliency . . . it's a joy to read the elegiac rhythm she has so deftly created with ever-turning, dynamic language." -- Counterclock Journal "What makes thrillers so thrilling . . . is the layering of reality with myth, and few craft this combination as successfully as Orpheus Girl ." --Bitch Media "Rebele-Henry has a true gift for mythological prose and imagery . . . All readers will benefit from this short, poetic story because while it is an engaging work of fiction, it is also a harsh reminder that no one should be thrown away or forced to change because they are different." -- Lone Star Literary Life "A haunting story about exploring what it means to define your true self as those around you try actively to destroy it . . . the novel is powerful and will speak to anyone who has tried desperately to fit in, only to realize that's not what will make them feel complete." -- Booklist "A bold, graphic tale about the costs of exclusion." --Kirkus Reviews "Deeply emotional, this devastating story is lyrical and haunting." -- School Library Journal "This book is dreamy and wavering, like a heat mirage, like the shadows of trees on a sidewalk; it's lovely and lazy, but grows in urgency as it progresses, just like Raya and Sarah's attempts to escape." -- Megan Szmyd, Old Firehouse Books (Fort Collins, CO) Praise for Brynne Rebele-Henry Finalist for the 2019 Audre Lorde Award for Lesbian Poetry Winner of the AWP 2017 Donald Hall Prize for Poetry "With unflinching vision, Brynne Rebele-Henry pulls us into the trenches of young womanhood." --Julia Elliott, author of The Wilds "I couldn't get this one out of my mind. Brynne Rebele-Henry has such a singular, obsessive urgency to her voice." --Kim Addonizio, author of the National Book Award Finalist Tell Me "Rebele-Henry is unafraid to confront the darkness that lives in any crevice." --Tarfia Faizullah, author of Seam "Wise, startling . . . a poet to watch." --Library Journal, Praise for Brynne Rebele-Henry Finalist for the 2019 Audre Lorde Award Winner of the AWP 2017 Donald Hall Prize for Poetry "With unflinching vision, Brynne Rebele-Henry pulls us into the trenches of young womanhood." -Julia Elliot, Author of The Wilds "I couldn't get this one out of my mind. Brynne Rebele-Henry has such a singular, obsessive urgency to her voice." -Kim Addonizio, Author of National Book Award Finalist Tell Me "Rebele-Henry is unafraid to confront the darkness that lives in any crevice." -Tarfia Faizullah, Author of Seam "Wise, startling...a poet to watch." - Library Journal, 2021 Winner of the Young Adult Virginia Author Award Finalist for the Golden Crown Literary Award A Fall 2019 Kids' ABA Indie Next Pick A Bitch Media Best LGBTQ Young Adult Book of 2019 A She Reads Best Young Adult Book of 2019 Lone Star Literary Life's Best of Texas 2019 Praise for Orpheus Girl "Raya and Sarah's story is a credit to Rebele-Henry's own teen voice, mature beyond her years. The emotionally dramatic narrative . . . rings incredibly true." -- NPR "A haunting, brutally true stroke of genius." --Meredith Russo, Stonewall Award winning author of If I Was Your Girl "An unflinching look at exclusion, hate and resilience." -- Ms. Magazine "The love between these two girls is the beating heart of this novel, and this romance combined with the intense masquerade they must constantly perform, 'just pretending' their feelings away, is where Rebele-Henry succeeds at portraying the aching duality of being queer in an environment that will not allow it . . . Orpheus Girl is a modern epic that helps us think about the older epics, and what they have still to offer us." -- Chicago Review of Books "A testament to true love and resiliency . . . it's a joy to read the elegiac rhythm she has so deftly created with ever-turning, dynamic language." -- Counterclock Journal "What makes thrillers so thrilling . . . is the layering of reality with myth, and few craft this combination as successfully as Orpheus Girl ." --Bitch Media "Rebele-Henry has a true gift for mythological prose and imagery . . . All readers will benefit from this short, poetic story because while it is an engaging work of fiction, it is also a harsh reminder that no one should be thrown away or forced to change because they are different." -- Lone Star Literary Life "A haunting story about exploring what it means to define your true self as those around you try actively to destroy it . . . the novel is powerful and will speak to anyone who has tried desperately to fit in, only to realize that's not what will make them feel complete." -- Booklist "A bold, graphic tale about the costs of exclusion." --Kirkus Reviews "Deeply emotional, this devastating story is lyrical and haunting." -- School Library Journal "This book is dreamy and wavering, like a heat mirage, like the shadows of trees on a sidewalk; it's lovely and lazy, but grows in urgency as it progresses, just like Raya and Sarah's attempts to escape." -- Megan Szmyd, Old Firehouse Books (Fort Collins, CO) Praise for Brynne Rebele-Henry Finalist for the 2019 Audre Lorde Award for Lesbian Poetry Winner of the AWP 2017 Donald Hall Prize for Poetry "With unflinching vision, Brynne Rebele-Henry pulls us into the trenches of young womanhood." --Julia Elliott, author of The Wilds "I couldn't get this one out of my mind. Brynne Rebele-Henry has such a singular, obsessive urgency to her voice." --Kim Addonizio, author of the National Book Award Finalist Tell Me "Rebele-Henry is unafraid to confront the darkness that lives in any crevice." --Tarfia Faizullah, author of Seam "Wise, startling . . . a poet to watch." --Library Journal, A Reedsy 40 Best LGBT Book of the Century 2021 Winner of the Young Adult Virginia Author Award Finalist for the Golden Crown Literary Award A Fall 2019 Kids'' ABA Indie Next Pick A Bitch Media Best LGBTQ Young Adult Book of 2019 A She Reads Best Young Adult Book of 2019 Lone Star Literary Life''s Best of Texas 2019 Praise for Orpheus Girl "Raya and Sarah''s story is a credit to Rebele-Henry''s own teen voice, mature beyond her years. The emotionally dramatic narrative . . . rings incredibly true." -- NPR "A haunting, brutally true stroke of genius." --Meredith Russo, Stonewall Award winning author of If I Was Your Girl "This raw and lyrical book doesn''t flinch away from the devastating brutality of conversion therapy, bravely bearing witness to the mental and physical pain the girls experience as a direct result of homophobia. Despite the heavy subject matter, it''s able to maintain a degree of lightness and hope." --Reedsy "An unflinching look at exclusion, hate and resilience." -- Ms. Magazine "The love between these two girls is the beating heart of this novel, and this romance combined with the intense masquerade they must constantly perform, ''just pretending'' their feelings away, is where Rebele-Henry succeeds at portraying the aching duality of being queer in an environment that will not allow it . . . Orpheus Girl is a modern epic that helps us think about the older epics, and what they have still to offer us." -- Chicago Review of Books "A testament to true love and resiliency . . . it''s a joy to read the elegiac rhythm she has so deftly created with ever-turning, dynamic language." -- Counterclock Journal "What makes thrillers so thrilling . . . is the layering of reality with myth, and few craft this combination as successfully as Orpheus Girl ." --Bitch Media "Rebele-Henry has a true gift for mythological prose and imagery . . . All readers will benefit from this short, poetic story because while it is an engaging work of fiction, it is also a harsh reminder that no one should be thrown away or forced to change because they are different." -- Lone Star Literary Life "A haunting story about exploring what it means to define your true self as those around you try actively to destroy it . . . the novel is powerful and will speak to anyone who has tried desperately to fit in, only to realize that''s not what will make them feel complete." -- Booklist "A bold, graphic tale about the costs of exclusion." --Kirkus Reviews "Deeply emotional, this devastating story is lyrical and haunting." -- School Library Journal "This book is dreamy and wavering, like a heat mirage, like the shadows of trees on a sidewalk; it''s lovely and lazy, but grows in urgency as it progresses, just like Raya and Sarah''s attempts to escape." -- Megan Szmyd, Old Firehouse Books (Fort Collins, CO) Praise for Brynne Rebele-Henry Finalist for the 2019 Audre Lorde Award for Lesbian Poetry Winner of the AWP 2017 Donald Hall Prize for Poetry "With unflinching vision, Brynne Rebele-Henry pulls us into the trenches of young womanhood." --Julia Elliott, author of The Wilds "I couldn''t get this one out of my mind. Brynne Rebele-Henry has such a singular, obsessive urgency to her voice." --Kim Addonizio, author of the National Book Award Finalist Tell Me "Rebele-Henry is unafraid to confront the darkness that lives in any crevice." --Tarfia Faizullah, author of Seam "Wise, startling . . . a poet to watch." --Library Journal
Grade From
Ninth Grade
Synopsis
In her debut novel, award-winning poet Brynne Rebele-Henry re-imagines the Orpheus myth as a love story between two teenage girls who are sent to conversion therapy after being caught together in an intimate moment. Abandoned by a single mother she never knew, 16-year-old Raya--obsessed with ancient myths--lives with her grandmother in a small conservative Texas town. For years Raya has fought to hide her feelings for her best friend and true love, Sarah. When the two are outed, they are sent to Friendly Saviors: a re-education camp meant to "fix" them and make them heterosexual. Upon arrival, Raya vows to assume the role of Orpheus, to return to the world of the living with her love--and after she, Sarah, and the other teen residents are subjected to abusive and brutal "treatments" by the staff, Raya only becomes more determined to escape. In a haunting voice reminiscent of Sylvia Plath and the contemporary lyricism of David Levithan, Brynne Rebele-Henry weaves a powerful inversion of the Orpheus myth informed by the disturbing real-world truths of conversion therapy. Orpheus Girl is a story of dysfunctional families, trauma, first love, heartbreak, and ultimately, the fierce adolescent resilience that has the power to triumph over darkness and ignorance. CW: There are scenes in this book that depict self-harm, homophobia, transphobia, and violence against LGBTQ characters.
LC Classification Number
PZ7.1.R3975Orp 2019
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- u***a (247)- Feedback left by buyer.Past monthVerified purchaseI have purchased from them many times. This time, and on occasion I have had an issue with the product, but the seller is graceful about correcting errors. They do a huge volume and sometimes have sent the wrong book or one of their multiples that does not match the description. With swift communication, the seller always resolves the issue. The shipping speed & packaging is excellent. I will continue buying from this seller!
- c***c (489)- Feedback left by buyer.Past 6 monthsVerified purchaseExcellent eBay seller with good communications!!! Book came as described (GOOD condition), reasonably packaged (plastic mailer bag with 3 other books), and in very good time considering free shipping (projected delivery 5/7 thru 5/12; rcvd 5/10). Have purchased multiple books from SecondSalecom, and have been quite satisfied with the quality, appearance, and value of those purchases. Will definitely check their selection for future book purchases. Thanks, SecondSalecom!