Music from Another World

By: Robin Talley

Narrated by: Jayme Mattler, Emily Lawrence

A master of award-winning queer historical fiction, New York Times bestselling author Robin Talley brings to life an emotionally captivating story about the lives of two teen girls living in an age when just being yourself was an incredible act of bravery.

It’s summer 1977 and closeted lesbian Tammy Larson can’t be herself anywhere. Not at her strict Christian high school, not at her conservative Orange County church and certainly not at home, where her ultrareligious aunt relentlessly organizes antigay political campaigns. Tammy’s only outlet is writing secret letters in her diary to gay civil rights activist Harvey Milk…until she’s matched with a real-life pen pal who changes everything.

Sharon Hawkins bonds with Tammy over punk music and carefully shared secrets, and soon their letters become the one place she can be honest. The rest of her life in San Francisco is full of lies. The kind she tells for others—like helping her gay brother hide the truth from their mom—and the kind she tells herself. But as antigay fervor in America reaches a frightening new pitch, Sharon and Tammy must rely on their long-distance friendship to discover their deeply personal truths, what they’ll stand for…and who they’ll rise against.

loved it

Books that show me what it is like to live in the past are amazing. As a product of all the past struggle I love learning about our queer history and this book does a really good job of weaving a captivating love story into it.

Loved this

Its just good, you should listen to it. Also kind of bittersweet if you're listening to this in 2022 like me.

for those of us how lived it

if you don't know the fair of living or growing up in the time of Anita Bryant this is a book you need to read. I grew up gay in a religious house and this book hits the mark in so many ways. It brought back so much pain, but left me with hope seeing how far we have come

An Excellent Listen

Beautifully written and researched. This book is both a compelling coming of age narrative as well as an engaging window into an important chapter of LGBTQ+ history. The narration brings an already engaging and poignant story off the page. It’s always such a treat to have more than one narrator. Beautifully done!

Cute!

I thought it was a really cute love story and I love the historical elements. I’m not sure how I felt about all the letter writing but that’s just a apart of the story. I would recommend! (: