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Larque on the Wing

Nancy Springer (1994)

SubgenreHigh Fantasy
Age groupAdult 18+
Content ratingR
Pages (Standard (250-400))
Setting
CSM age18+
Goodreads3.78
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Content levels

ViolenceMild
Sexual contentModerate
LanguageModerate

Trigger warnings

Body HorrorGender DysphoriaIdentity CrisisMental ManipulationBody Image Issues

Positive tags

Self-DiscoveryHealing ArcSecond Chance

Protagonist archetypes

Coming-of-Age ProtagonistGenderfluid Protagonist

Tropes

Coming of AgeShapeshiftersFish out of WaterHidden IdentityUrban Fantasy

Themes

IdentityGender and SexualityTransformationMid-Life CrisisSelf-AcceptanceLGBTQ+ ThemesMagical Realism

Synopsis

Going through a messy mid-life crisis, forty-year-old wife and mother Larque Harootunian gets carried away with her latest doppelganger--herself at age ten--who helps transform her into a young, strong, courageous, and gay man.

Tags

Magical RealismLiterary FantasyLGBTQ+ FantasyTransformative Fiction