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Sweet, fat, theatrical Billy-Boy was never cut out to be a farmer, but as his father¿s only son he¿s obliged to try. The cows are wayward and the chores are gruelling, but Billy finds escape in a fantasy world. A place where the turnip paddock becomes a lunar landscape, a lavender bed jacket a slinky space suit, a cow¿s tail a head of beautiful blonde hair, and where Billy can become Judy Robinson, heroine of TV¿s 'Lost in Space'.
But in an isolated conservative farming community in 1970s New Zealand, not everyone approves of Billy¿s transformation. On the brink of adolescence, Billy is beginning to discover that growing up is far more complicated and confusing than he could ever have imagined. While the mysteries of sex confound him, emotions are unleashed which urge Billy to betray those closest to him.
'50 Ways of Saying Fabulous' is a poignant and endearingly comic novel. Anyone who grew up in a small town, grew up feeling that they didn¿t fit in, or simply grew up will find this book funny, touching and unforgettably evocative of childhood lost.… (más)
Billy is a 15 year-old New Zealand farm boy and something of a hefty lad. Bulk-wise, expectations are high of his prowess on the rugby field. Billy has other ideas as he and his alter-ego Judy Robinson pursue what glamour life on a sheep ranch allows. A touching story of a young gay boy’s coming of age.
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To my parents,
who are nothing like the characters in this novel
With thanks to Andrew Moors, Kate Evans, Keith Buss, Craig Stevens, Dean Baxter, Rosanna Arciuli, Laurin McKinnon, Gary Dunne, Jane Palfreyman, Julia Stiles, Rois McCann and Andrew Freeman
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When I was twelve years old, my most precious possession was the tail of a heifer that had died giving birth.
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"Seems more like you were acting the poof."
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I could imagine how glorious it must look, glittering red in the sunlight, almost as if Judy's beautiful blonde hair had been set aflame by the furious gasp of the fire-breathing dragon.
Sweet, fat, theatrical Billy-Boy was never cut out to be a farmer, but as his father¿s only son he¿s obliged to try. The cows are wayward and the chores are gruelling, but Billy finds escape in a fantasy world. A place where the turnip paddock becomes a lunar landscape, a lavender bed jacket a slinky space suit, a cow¿s tail a head of beautiful blonde hair, and where Billy can become Judy Robinson, heroine of TV¿s 'Lost in Space'.
But in an isolated conservative farming community in 1970s New Zealand, not everyone approves of Billy¿s transformation. On the brink of adolescence, Billy is beginning to discover that growing up is far more complicated and confusing than he could ever have imagined. While the mysteries of sex confound him, emotions are unleashed which urge Billy to betray those closest to him.
'50 Ways of Saying Fabulous' is a poignant and endearingly comic novel. Anyone who grew up in a small town, grew up feeling that they didn¿t fit in, or simply grew up will find this book funny, touching and unforgettably evocative of childhood lost.
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