num_pages: 384
description: A master of award-winning queer historical fiction New York Times bestselling author Robin Talley brings to life an emotionally captivating story about the lives of two teen girls living in an age when just being yourself was an incredible act of bravery.Its summer 1977 and closeted lesbian Tammy Larson cant be herself anywhere. Not at her strict Christian high school not at her conservative Orange County church and certainly not at home where her ultrareligious aunt relentlessly organizes antigay political campaigns. Tammys only outlet is writing secret letters in her diary to gay civil rights activist Harvey Milkuntil shes matched with a real-life pen pal who changes everything.Sharon Hawkins bonds with Tammy over punk music and carefully shared secrets and soon their letters become the one place she can be honest. The rest of her life in San Francisco is full of lies. The kind she tells for otherslike helping her gay brother hide the truth from their momand the kind she tells herself. But as antigay fervor in America reaches a frightening new pitch Sharon and Tammy must rely on their long-distance friendship to discover their deeply personal truths what theyll stand forand who theyll rise against. 
language: English
title: Music from Another World
publisher: Inkyard Press