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Nick J

@nickjden.bsky.social

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“Debt’s origins come from colonialism’s origins. Those who lend us money are those who colonized us. " -- Thomas Sankara PhD International Development/ Geographies of Extraction

Saskia Nash’s world is turned upside down when her single-parent father tears her from an idyllic childhood in Germany—leaving behind the memories of her dead mother and the protection of her beloved Opa—for a teaching position at a small Jesuit college on the East Coast. A misfit in a strange land, struggling to learn the language and customs of a good American girl, Saskia struggles with issues of belonging, sexual identity, and faith. She’s drawn to the progressive spirituality of the Jesuits at her father’s college. When strong-armed into having an abortion, Saskia is sent away to recover at Horizon House, a hospice for men dying of AIDS. It is the early 1990s.

Mourning the loss of personal choice and bodily autonomy, Saskia is assigned as a companion to Ed, a.k.a. Marlena Merlot, a dying drag queen who’s losing control over his own mind and body. When Saskia helps Marlena Merlot stage one last final performance, she learns that chosen family is the one we can count on most. A Date with the Fairy Drag Queen is a story of platonic queer friendship, regaining autonomy, letting go, and learning what it means to live.

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