There’s simply nothing like it it’s completely original, utterly gripping, and gorgeously written. “Tegan and Sara are massively gifted songwriters, so this genius memoir shouldn’t have shocked me like it did. Much as in their music, the Quins have a way of cutting through platitudes with an incisive combination of bluntness and raw-nerve intimacy."
honesty in their writing makes it accessible and heartfelt even if your own high school experience was quite different. "Nimbly recreates that bygone era and conveys their feelings and experiences in a universally relatable way. " funny, raw, and relatable look at being a teen." All the eager, beautiful, and stupid passions of adolescence are rendered with an unnerving realism the raw intensity of the material can make a reader feel implicated." " is raw and detailed, and writing captures the tender vulnerability of that age with a frankness I've rarely seen before. "A stirring dual account of drug use, early sexual experiences and ‘90s rave culture, their coming-of-age (and coming out) stories." “Complexly intimate, smartly crafted, and packing a subtle emotional wallop.
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"Offers queer kids (and adults, heterosexual or otherwise) vital, non-didactic lessons on how to find one's voice-and how it's okay to mess up along the way." has the immediacy and intimacy of a diary." Both women deftly capture the messy complexities of being twins. "The Quins are skilled writers with an eye for detail. The sisters currently reside in Vancouver, British Columbia, and split their time between there and Los Angeles, California. Outspoken advocates for equality, in 2016 Tegan and Sara created the Tegan and Sara Foundation, which fights for health, economic justice, and representation for LGBTQ girls and women. They have performed on some of the world’s biggest stages, from Coachella to the Academy Awards. They have received three Juno Awards, a Grammy nomination, a Governor General’s Performing Arts Award, and the 2018 New York Civil Liberties Union Award. This is the origin story of Tegan and Sara.ĭuring the course of their twenty-year career, Tegan and Sara Quin have sold well over one million records and released eight studio albums. Written in alternating chapters from both Tegan's and Sara’s points of view, the book is a raw account of the drugs, alcohol, love, music, and friendship they explored in their formative years.Ī transcendent story of first loves and first songs, High School captures the tangle of discordant and parallel memories of two sisters who grew up in distinct ways even as they lived just down the hall from each another. While grappling with their identity and sexuality, often alone, they also faced academic meltdown, their parents’ divorce, and the looming pressure of what might come after high school. High School is the revelatory and unique coming-of-age story of Sara and Tegan Quin, identical twins from Calgary, Alberta, who grew up at the height of grunge and rave culture in the nineties, well before they became the celebrated musicians and global LGBTQ icons we know today. From the iconic musicians Tegan and Sara comes a memoir about high school, detailing their first loves and first songs in a compelling look back at their humble beginnings
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