"A wildly inventive, funny, and ultimately quite heartfelt novel,
The Unraveling is a chaotic romp of gender deconstruction packaged up
in a groovy science-fictional coming-of-age tale." --Chicago Review of
Books
In a society where biotechnology has revolutionized gender, young Fift
must decide whether to conform or carve a new path.
In the distant future, somewhere in the galaxy, a Staid-gendered youth
with three bodies is just trying to figure life out. Fift is struggling
to maintain zir position in Fullbelly's rigid social system, which is
only made more difficult as ze develops an intriguing--and
controversial-- friendship with the acclaimed Vail-gendered bioengineer
Shria.
When Fift and Shria wind up at the center of a scandalous art spectacle
that precipitates a multilayered Unraveling of society, . Fift is torn
between zir attraction to Shria and the safety of zir family, between
staying true to zir feelings and social compliance . . . all while zir
personal crises suddenly take on global significance. What's a young
Staid to do when the whole world is watching?