High School: A Memoir
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Narrated by:
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Tegan Quin
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Sara Quin
About this listen
This program is read by the authors and features bonus interviews and rough recordings of Tegan and Sara's first songs, recorded on cassette tapes in the late '90s, and rediscovered 20 years later while writing High School.
From iconic musicians Tegan and Sara comes a nostalgic memoir about high school, detailing their first loves and first songs in a compelling look back at their origin story.
High School is the revelatory and unique coming-of-age story of Sara and Tegan Quin, identical twins from Calgary, Alberta, growing up in the height of grunge and rave culture in the '90s, well before they became the celebrated musicians and global LGBTQ icons we know today.
While grappling with their identity and sexuality, often alone, they also faced academic meltdown, their parents' divorce and the looming pressure of what might come after high school. Written in alternating chapters from both Tegan's point of view and Sara's, the book is a raw account of the drugs, alcohol, love, music and friendship they explored in their formative years.
A transcendent story of first loves and first songs, it captures the tangle of discordant and parallel memories of two sisters who grew up in distinct ways even as they lived just down the hall from one another. This is the origin story of Tegan and Sara.
©2019 Sara Quin, Tegan Quin (P)2019 Hachette Audio UKTender and enjoyable, Intimate and relatable, this look-back between sisters; life, love, school and their passion for Music and life is intoxicating and brings back my own Memories of such times.
To all the gay women out there, this is a fascinating coming out story. And to everyone who gets the chance to see Tegan and Sara in concert, I really would recommend that too!!
Heartfelt, fascinating and relatable.
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definitely worth hearing even if you've read it
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Tegan and Sara's memoir is a touching, honest, funny and sometimes heartbreaking account of growing up a queer teen in the 90s. A must listen for all - LGBTQ+ and queer allies alike. It's great to hear the early recordings between chapters - and so interesting to compare to the newer versions of the songs on the Hey I'm Just Like You album. Buy both, you won't regret a second of either!
A touching and honest coming of age story...
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Great companion to the new album.
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And it was wonderful.
Now I wanna write music so...there's that.
Better than I even thought possible
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