Life as a Unicorn: A Journey from Shame to Pride and Everything in Between by Amrou Al-Kadhi
As part of our recommendations for LGBT+ history month. Okay so technically this isn’t a new book. It first came out in paperback in July last year. But as the winner of the Polari First Book Prize 2020 we felt this one was worth shouting about. Order your copy today!
Life as a Unicorn: A Journey from Shame to Pride and Everything in Between by Amrou Al-Kadhi
Paperback RRP £9.99
A heart-breaking and hilarious memoir about the author's fight to be true to themself
Amrou knew they were gay when, aged ten, they first laid eyes on Macaulay Culkin in Home Alone. It was love at first sight.
Amrou's parents weren't so happy...
From that moment on, Amrou began searching in all the wrong places for ways to make their divided self whole again.
Life as a Unicorn is a hilarious yet devastating story of a search for belonging, following the painful and surprising process of transforming from a god-fearing Muslim boy to a queer drag queen, strutting the stage in seven-inch heels and saying the things nobody else dares to ....
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