The house of impossible beauties /
Cassara, Joseph,
The house of impossible beauties / Joseph Cassara. - 400 pages ; 25 cm.
1980, New York City. Burned by her traumatic past, Angel is new to the drag world, new to ball culture, and has a yearning inside of her to help create family for those without. When she falls in love with Hector, a beautiful young man who dreams of becoming a professional dancer, the two decide to form the House of Xtravaganza, the first-ever all-Latino house in the Harlem ball circuit. But when Hector dies of AIDS-related complications, Angel must tend to their house alone. She recruits Venus, a whip-fast trans girl who dreams of finding a rich man to take care of her; Juanito, a quiet boy who loves fabrics and design; and Daniel, a butch queen who accidentally saves Venus's life. The Xtravaganzas lean on each other as bulwarks against a world that resists them.
9781786073150 9781786073143
Gay youth--Fiction.
Transgender people--Fiction.
Nineteen eighties--Fiction.
Nineteen nineties--Fiction.
Hispanic Americans--Fiction.
Harlem (New York, N.Y.)--Fiction.
Historical fiction.
813/.6
The house of impossible beauties / Joseph Cassara. - 400 pages ; 25 cm.
1980, New York City. Burned by her traumatic past, Angel is new to the drag world, new to ball culture, and has a yearning inside of her to help create family for those without. When she falls in love with Hector, a beautiful young man who dreams of becoming a professional dancer, the two decide to form the House of Xtravaganza, the first-ever all-Latino house in the Harlem ball circuit. But when Hector dies of AIDS-related complications, Angel must tend to their house alone. She recruits Venus, a whip-fast trans girl who dreams of finding a rich man to take care of her; Juanito, a quiet boy who loves fabrics and design; and Daniel, a butch queen who accidentally saves Venus's life. The Xtravaganzas lean on each other as bulwarks against a world that resists them.
9781786073150 9781786073143
Gay youth--Fiction.
Transgender people--Fiction.
Nineteen eighties--Fiction.
Nineteen nineties--Fiction.
Hispanic Americans--Fiction.
Harlem (New York, N.Y.)--Fiction.
Historical fiction.
813/.6