Jazz: nature's improvisation

✍ Scribed by Copeland, Elizabeth

• Publisher: Quattro Books
• Year: 2014
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 101
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

As a boy born into a girl's body in a culture where gender definitions are drawn with sharp lines, Jazz must undertake a hero's journey to live his true male identity. Set in modern times, and peopled with an eccentric cast of characters, the story of Jazz unfolds in unexpected ways. When Jazz is forced to leave his suburban home, he moves into the heart of Toronto's gay community where he is befriended by Marque, a dope smoking drag queen and Kimmie, a hair dresser with a heart of gold who takes him in. His encounters with Sister Mary Francis, a sharp-talking former nun turned social worker, force him to take a hard look at what it really means to be a man. With comedy and pathos, Jazz wrestles with the realities of the courage it takes to be transgendered in today's society.