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A heart-breaking and hilarious memoir about the author’s fight to be true to themself
WINNER OF THE POLARI FIRST BOOK PRIZE 2020 WINNER OF A SOMERSET MAUGHAM AWARDAmrou 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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- Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5I'm glad I read Al-Kadhi's interesting, colorful and touching memoir. Their relationship with their mother stands out for me- the way she influenced them and nurtured them but also how her later rejection shaped them. The writing was not awesome but it was good enough to be readable; from their bio I gather they are a rising star and maybe we'll be hearing more about them in other media in the near future.