Life as a Unicorn

From a god-fearing Muslim boy enraptured with their mother, to a vocal, queer drag queen estranged from their family, this is a heart-breaking and hilarious memoir about the author's fight to be true to themself WINNER OF A SOMERSET MAUGHAM AWARD 'It should be read far and wide' Ian McKellen Amrou knew they were gay when, aged ten, they first laid eyes on Macaulay Culkin in Home Alone. It was love at first sight. Amrou's parents weren't so happy... From that moment on, Amrou began searching in all the wrong places for ways to make their divided self whole again. Life as a Unicorn is a hilarious yet devastating story of a search for belonging, following the painful and surprising process of transforming from a god-fearing Muslim boy to a queer drag queen, strutting the stage in seven-inch heels and saying the things nobody else dares to ....

De la un baiat musulman temator de Dumnezeu, captivat de mama lor, pana la o regina vocala, ciudata, care s-a instrainat de familia lor, acesta este un memoriu sfasietor si hilar despre lupta autorului pentru a fi fidel lor insusi CASTIGATORUL UNUI SOMERSET MAUGHAM AWARD 'It ar trebui citit in toata lumea ”Ian McKellen Amrou stia ca sunt gay atunci cand, in varsta de zece ani, au pus ochii pe Macaulay Culkin in Home Alone.