High School: A Memoir
The New York Times Bestseller and now a major TV series
-
-
4.6 • 10 Ratings
-
-
- $12.99
Publisher Description
THE NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER
NOW STREAMING ON AMAZON FREEVEE
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.
'Genius' Augusten Burroughs, author of Running with Scissors
'A gift' Elliot Page, actor
'Utterly charming' Carmen Maria Machado, author of Her Body and Other Parties
Before they became international musicians and LGBTQ+ icons, twin sisters Sara and Tegan Quin came of age in 90s Canada. They argued relentlessly, skipped school, dropped acid and fell in and out of love - sometimes with their best friends.
One day they found their stepdad's guitar and their lives changed course forever.
High School is a revelatory joint memoir. It captures two sisters wrestling with their sexual and artistic identities and those breathtaking years when the future seems wondrously possible.
'Captured a time and place so perfectly, I can't exactly be sure that I wasn't there' Busy Philipps
'Elegant and evocative' Guardian
'I never wanted it to end' Clea DuVall, actress
APPLE BOOKS REVIEW
Tegan and Sara’s intimate, confessional song lyrics have been capturing our hearts and imaginations for years. Now the twin sisters tell their personal stories with a new level of candour in this gorgeously raw memoir of their adolescence in suburban Calgary. Narrating in alternating chapters, Tegan and Sara immerse us in the ’90s of their teens, transporting us not just into the underground raves and alternative record stores that defined the era, but into the formative experiences that helped define them as people. From their respective struggles with their sexualities to their earliest endeavours as a musical duo, High School is a beautiful reminder that nobody—not even our creative heroes—makes it out of adolescence unscathed.
