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Variations | JULIET. JACQUES
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Variations is the debut short story collection from one of Britain's most compelling voices, Juliet Jacques. Using fiction inspired by found material and real-life events, Variations explores the history of transgender Britain with lyrical, acerbic wit. Variations travels from Oscar Wilde's London to austerity-era Belfast via inter-war Cardiff, a drag bar in Liverpool just after the decriminalisation of homosexuality, Manchester's protests against Clause 28, and Brighton in the 2000s. Innovative and fresh, Variations is a bold and beautiful book of stories unheard; until now.
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arlenefinnigan
Variations | JULIET. JACQUES
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This is a brilliant collection. Juliet Jacques gives a potted history of the experience of trans people in the UK and Ireland through short stories set across over a century, from the Victorian era to the present day. I really enjoyed the different forms and styles of the stories, ranging from a series of letters in 1939 to a blog set in 2014. Highly recommend this.

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arlenefinnigan
Variations | JULIET. JACQUES
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#ReadHarder challenge 23: a book of short stories

Bookwomble I thought, “I've not heard of the writer, Varia Tions,“ then I was like, “Ohhh!“ 🤪😄 1y
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emmaturi
Variations | JULIET. JACQUES
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This was a really great short story collection in which the author explores transgender Britain. She uses real-life events and information found to inspire the stories. The stories are from different times in history. There are 11 altogether.

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emmaturi
Variations | JULIET. JACQUES
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These are my short stories collections, I am not a big fan of them, but somehow decided to get these. Admittedly the bottom three books were second hand. I have started the tagged book, read two stories so far and am enjoying them! #shortstories

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arlenefinnigan
Variations | JULIET. JACQUES
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Really looking forward to reading this