When Everything Feels like the Movies
Raziel Reid
Raziel Reid's debut novelWhen Everything Feels like the Moviesis the coming-of-age story of a young teen who refuses to be anything other than his flamboyant, fashion-loving self. Jude likes wearing his mother's high heels and imagining that the world around him is part of a film set, and he doesn't have it easy in high school, with its cliques and homophobes. His extravagant fantasies and irrepressible nature make Jude one of the most memorable teen characters in recent CanLit.The book wonthe 2014Governor General's Literary Award for for young people's literature (text).
- Raziel Reid: How I wrote When Everything Feels like the Movies
- Raziel Reid is stealing all your good ideas
When Everything Feels like the Moviesis for readers ages 14 and up.
Elaine "Lainey" LuichampionedWhen Everything Feels like the MoviesforCanada Reads 2015.
Read an excerpt|Author interviews|More about this book
From the book
My mother's closet was basically a sex shop. It was full of costumes and shoes, which she wore to work. That's 'work' in the original sense, although she werked for a living.
I'd take a pair of her shoes and wear them down in the basement, pretending the cement floor was covered with a red carpet and the washer and dryer were paparazzi. I hoped the conspiracy theory that the iPhone camera lens is the all-seeing eye was true. Big Brother is watching you. Perfect! I loved an audience.
From When Everything Feels like the Movies by Raziel Reid 2014. Published by Arsenal Pulp Press.
Author interviews
More from this book
_(720p).jpg)
 OFFICIAL HD MUSIC VIDEO.jpg)
.jpg)
