Home Feed
Home
Search
Search
Add Review, Blurb, Quote
Add
Activity
Activity
Profile
Profile
Margins and Murmurations
Margins and Murmurations: Transfeminism. Sex Work. Time Travel | Otter Lieffe
4 posts | 2 read | 5 to read
Imagine you had the ability to move through your own life, to revisit your past and foresee your future. Which events would you long to remember and which would you forget? Would you want to know what the future holds? This is the story of Ash, a trans woman and healer living in a corner of Europe controlled by a militarized state. Amidst the economic crash of the 2020s, this land, once a hub of diversity, saw the rise of a state-imposed monoculture of gender, sexuality, ability and race. Those that didn't fit, known as the divergents, were imprisoned, expelled or worse.Ash and her best friend Pinar long ago escaped the City, left behind their days of fighting State oppression, and are eking out a calmer life in the forest, ravaged by the effects of climate change. One day, Jason, a resistance fighter, arrives abruptly into their life, reigniting personal and political drives and they find themselves drawn back into the fight.Joining trans and queer organisers, sex workers and other members of a hidden underclass, they risk everything to return to the City and face their oppressors. In this fight for dignity, self-determination and survival, Ash's ability to transcend time, a trait that until now she has considered her curse, turns out to be a more powerful weapon than anyone could have imagined.
LibraryThing
review
CaseyTheCanadianLesbrarian
post image
Mehso-so

There are great concepts here, but it would need work to be a successful novel. Too much telling and not showing. Plotting is messy, with a this happened and then this happened & major action happening off screen. The narrative has asides explaining leftist political thought that are insertions of non-fic. Characterization is shallow. The book suffers from a mindset where its function as a political tool overshadows the fact that it's fiction. ☹️

29 likes1 comment
blurb
CaseyTheCanadianLesbrarian
post image

Gonna settle in and get a good chunk of this queer trans feminist sex work positive time travel novel read! #QueerBooks #TransBooks

34 likes3 stack adds
blurb
CaseyTheCanadianLesbrarian
post image

What a dedication! #TransBooks #QueerBooks

JSW That. Is poetry. 🙌🏼🙌🏼🙌🏼❤️❤️❤️ 7y
LiteraryinPA Wow. Speechless. 💜 (edited) 7y
28 likes1 stack add2 comments
review
lovelybookshelf
post image
Pickpick

Complex, diverse queer characters, dystopia, time travel, resistance. This novel was super disconcerting because you get social commentary as a natural part of the world-building (so many parallels!). This novel is transfeminist, intersectional, and anti-capitalist. It calls out TERFs, SWERFs, people who tokenize marginalized friends, and more. Lovely writing, quick pace, exciting storyline. A #selfpublished gem! #ownvoices #translit #transgender

5 likes1 stack add