Larque on the Wing
Nancy Springer
- A
- middle-aged
- housewife
- whose
- rebellious
- inner
- child
- runs
- away
- with
- her
- talent
- transforms
- herself
- into
- a
- fearless
- young
- gay
- man
- in
- this
- winner
- of
- the
- James
- Tiptree
- Jr.
- Award.Larque
- Harootunian
- is
- having
- a
- midlife
- crisis
- like
- no
- other—but
- then
- again,
- there
- is
- much
- about
- the
- frumpy,
- middle-aged
- housewife
- and
- mother
- that
- could
- never
- be
- considered
- ordinary.
- Larque’s
- lifelong
- ability
- to
- generate
- “dopplegangers,”
- for
- example—physical
- manifestations
- of
- her
- thoughts
- and
- emotions—has
- been
- a
- constant
- source
- of
- stress.
- And
- now
- she
- is
- being
- tormented
- by
- Skylark,
- a
- re-creation
- of
- her
- younger
- self,
- an
- angry
- inner
- child
- who
- is
- tormenting
- Larque
- about
- abandoning
- her
- youthful
- ambitions
- while
- running
- away
- with
- her
- artistic
- abilities,
- thereby
- depriving
- the
- older
- Larque
- of
- a
- livelihood
- as
- a
- painter
- of
- kitsch.But
- perhaps
- this
- is
- Larque’s
- opportunity
- to
- explore
- her
- options.
- Acquiescing
- to
- Sky’s
- demands
- that
- she
- change
- herself,
- Larque
- tries
- on
- a
- series
- of
- different
- personas—to
- the
- consternation
- of
- her
- mother,
- husband,
- and
- teenage
- sons—and
- finds
- her
- way
- to
- Popular
- Street.
- There,
- among
- the
- devil-may-care
- misfits,
- Larque
- can
- be
- Lark,
- a
- handsome
- young
- gay
- man,
- and
- quite
- possibly
- discover
- what
- her
- life
- is
- really
- about.In
- her
- critically
- acclaimed
- contemporary
- fantasy,
- multiple
- award–winning
- author
- Nancy
- Springer
- breaks
- through
- boundaries
- while
- provocatively
- comingling
- the
- real
- and
- the
- surreal.
- Larque
- on
- the
- Wing
- is
- a
- marvel—a
- moving,
- funny,
- surprising,
- and
- transcendent
- tale
- of
- one
- woman’s
- strange
- quest
- to
- come
- to
- terms
- with
- who
- she
- truly is.
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