{"product_id":"9781665931663-are-you-a-friend-of-dorothy","title":"Are You a Friend of Dorothy?","description":"\u003cmeta content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\" http-equiv=\"Content-Type\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe True Story of an Imaginary Woman and the Real People She Helped\u003cbr\u003eIn this nonfiction picture book from the Newbery Honor and Stonewall Book Award-winning author of \u003ci\u003eWhen Aiden Became a Brother\u003c\/i\u003e, Kyle Lukoff, readers will learn about how queer people found community during a time when they had to keep their true selves secret.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFrom Newbery Honor and Stonewall Book Award–winning author Kyle Lukoff and celebrated picture book illustrator Levi Hastings comes an “approachable, engaging” (\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e, starred review) picture book about how people found community in a time when they had to keep their true selves secret.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003e“Are you a friend of Dorothy?”\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003eIn a time when the LGBTQ+ community was forced to hide in the shadows, a woman named Dorothy helped her people find each other in the dark and celebrate themselves in the light.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003eBut who \u003ci\u003ewas\u003c\/i\u003e Dorothy? Was she from the neighborhood, someone’s wife, mother, or sister? Was she that clever writer, who threw parties where there were no rules about who you could and couldn’t dance with? Or was she a girl from Kansas, who dreamed of leaving her black-and-white, small-town life and finding a vibrant, colorful world that loved her?\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003eDorothy might have been all these things—because Dorothy, as known by the post-WWII queer community, wasn’t real. Still, she helped a community find connection and care amidst adversity.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Rarewaves","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":41793817837665,"sku":"9781665931663","price":9.31,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0092\/7504\/8033\/files\/orig_31846585.jpg?v=1734636647","url":"https:\/\/www.rarewaves.com\/products\/9781665931663-are-you-a-friend-of-dorothy","provider":"Rarewaves.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}