God Loves Hair, Vivek Shraya
God Loves Hair, Vivek Shraya
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God Loves Hair

Author: Vivek Shraya, Cherie Dimaline

Narrator: Vivek Shraya

Unabridged: 1 hr 24 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: ECW Press

Published: 10/15/2020


Synopsis

A tenth-anniversary edition of Vivek Shraya's first book: a YA story collection that celebrates racial, gender, and religious diversity. In 2010, Vivek Shraya self-published God Loves Hair, her first book; since then, Vivek has published six more titles, including a novel, poetry collection, graphic novel, and children's picture book, while also working as an artist, musician, and academic. God Loves Hair is a collection of short stories that follows a tender, intelligent, and curious child who navigates the complex realms of gender creativity, queerness, brownness, religion, and belonging. This tenth-anniversary edition, published in hardcover for the first time, includes a foreword by award-winning YA writer Cherie Dimaline (The Marrow Thieves), as well as a new preface, and story. Told with the poignant insight and honesty that only the voice of a young narrator can convey, God Loves Hair is a moving and ultimately joyous portrait of the resiliency of youth.Bespeak Audio Editions brings Canadian voices to the world with audiobook editions of some of the country’s greatest works of literature, performed by Canadian actors.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Jessica on November 05, 2020

God Loves Hair by Vivek Shraya is a very impactful collection of short stories. God Loves Hair follows an Indian boy navigating through growing up and standing out. He has to deal with gender, race, and religion. I highly recommend God Loves Hair. This book teaches you so much in a short book. Shraya......more

An interesting collection of stories, as colourful and unique as the author herself. Vivek Shraya is a popular musician, writer and visual artist. Born to Indian parents settled in Canada, Shraya came out as transgender in 2016, at the age of 35 and chose she/her as her preferred pronouns. She uses......more

Goodreads review by Udai on June 10, 2019

Tiny glimpses on the writers life. It was written in a very simple language but the stories had a deeper meaning to them. I loved the art that accompanied the writings.......more

Goodreads review by Saleha on March 12, 2015

In this poignantly idiosyncratic book of short stories, a Canadian kid of South Asian origin negotiates his relationships with god, his body, his sexuality, and the world around him. The stories are funny, a little sad, often surprising, and accompanied by gorgeous illustrations. The author articula......more