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Description
A dazzling portrait of twenty-somethings who grew up on text-messaging and the war on terror.
In this robust, elegantly plotted, and ultimately life-affirming novel, Zoe Whittall presents a dazzling portrait of the Millennial Generation — the twenty-five-year olds who grew up on anti-anxiety meds, text-messaging each other truncated emotional reactions, unsure of what's public and what's private.
Holding Still explores an unusual love triangle involving Billy, a former teen idol, now an anxiety-ridden agoraphobic; Josh, a shy transgendered paramedic who travels the city patching up damaged bodies; and Amy, a fashionable filmmaker coping with her first broken heart. With this extraordinary novel, Whittall gives us startlingly real portraits of three unforgettable characters, and proves herself to be one of our most talented writers.
Awards
- Winner, Lambda Literary Awards: Transgender Fiction
- Commended, Stonewall Honor Book in Literature
- Short-listed, Lambda Literary Awards: Lesbian Fiction
- Winner, Earla Dunbar Consumer Award
- Short-listed, ReLit Award
Editorial Reviews
Holding Still for as Long as Possible is part of an exciting new wave of books highlighting trans characters without making their gender the book's primary focus . . . well-developed . . .
— Curve
Holding Still For As Long As Possible is a foul-mouthed, hard-drinking, casual-sexing book. At its heart, though, Whittall’s brilliantly simple novel is a good old-fashioned love story, charming and compelling. And it feels true.
— Bull Calf
An unforgettable depiction of growing up in the new millennium.
— Booklist
