Like a Love Story, which received a Stonewall Honor in 2020, weaves into its narrative an important history lesson for young people of all sexual orientations. Nazemian drew on his personal experience as an immigrant teen coming to terms with his identity to capture a difficult period in LGBTQ history that was riddled with grief, shame and persecution. Like a Love Story a book by Abdi Nazemian 25,305,091.92 raised for local bookstores Like a Love Story Abdi Nazemian (Author) FORMAT Paperback 10.99 10. As they struggle to untangle it, the teens get lessons in queer culture from Judy’s uncle, who is dying from complications related to AIDS, learning about everyone from Marsha P. Plot Like a Love Story follows three main characters: Reza, Judy, and Art. The story follows Reza, an Iranian boy, as he grapples with his homosexuality amid the AIDS crisis in New York City. When Reza begins dating Judy, despite an obvious chemistry with Art, the three friends become enmeshed in a messy love triangle. Like a Love Story is a historical, young adult romance novel by Abdi Nazemian, published Jby Balzer + Bray. Reza knows he’s gay, but is too afraid to act on it: because he is coming of age amid the AIDS crisis, he equates gayness with sickness and death. Luckily, as seen in Abdi Nazemian’s Like a Love Story, there is also a lot of love, assuming you find your people. Judy is a fashionista who loves gay culture and is suspicious of most women Art is out and proud-the only openly gay person at their high school and Reza has just moved to New York from Iran. Abdi Nazemian’s Like a Love Story, published in 2019, is about three teens living in New York City in 1989, at the height of the AIDS epidemic.
0 kommentar(er)
