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    Manboobs: A Memoir of Musicals, Visas, Hope, and Cake
    Manboobs: A Memoir of Musicals, Visas, Hope, and Cake
    Manboobs: A Memoir of Musicals, Visas, Hope, and Cake
    Audiobook7 hours

    Manboobs: A Memoir of Musicals, Visas, Hope, and Cake

    Written by Komail Aijazuddin

    Narrated by Komail Aijazuddin

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    About this audiobook

    A blazing new talent’s hilarious memoir about coming of age and coming out in Pakistan, moving to America, looking for love, and falling in love with himself along the way

    What do you do when you’re too gay for Pakistan, too Pakistani to be gay in America, and ashamed of your body everywhere? How can you find happiness despite years of humiliation, physical danger, and a legion of Brooklyn hipsters who know you only as a queer from Whereveristan? How do you summon the courage to be yourself no matter where you are?

    Even as a young child in Lahore, Komail Aijazuddin knew he was different—no one else at his all-boys prep school was pirouetting off their desks, or being bullied for their “manboobs,” or spontaneously bursting into songs from The Little Mermaid. Aijazuddin began to believe his only chance at a happy, meaningful life would be found elsewhere: America, the land of the free, the home of the gays. But the hostility of a post–9/11 world and society’s rejection of his art, his desires, and his body would soon teach him that finding happiness takes a lot more than a plane ticket. Searching for his place between two worlds while navigating a minefield of expectations, prejudice, and self-doubt, Aijazuddin discovered—sometimes painfully, sometimes hilariously—that there are people and places he’d need to let go of to move forward.

    Manboobs is a riotously funny memoir of searching for love, seamlessly blending humor, politics, pop culture, and the bravery required to be yourself. Aijazuddin confidently announces himself as an exciting new voice in humor with his moving and charming reexamination of the American dream and our search for home.

    “Manboobs is an important story, told with a sharp wit and disarming humor. Aijazuddin has the ability to address difficult subjects with thoughtfulness and honesty, while also making you laugh out loud.”—Moshin Zaidi, author of A Dutiful Boy
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherRecorded Books, Inc.
    Release dateAug 13, 2024
    ISBN9798892745611
    Manboobs: A Memoir of Musicals, Visas, Hope, and Cake

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