
High School: A Memoir
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Narrated by:
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Tegan Quin
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Sara Quin
About this listen
This program is read by the authors and features bonus interviews and rough recordings of Tegan and Sara's first songs, recorded on cassette tapes in the late '90s, and rediscovered 20 years later while writing High School.
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.
High School is the revelatory and unique coming-of-age story of Sara and Tegan Quin, identical twins from Calgary, Alberta, growing up in the height of grunge and rave culture in the '90s, well before they became the celebrated musicians and global LGBTQ icons we know today.
While grappling with their identity and sexuality, often alone, they also faced academic meltdown, their parents' divorce and the looming pressure of what might come after high school. Written in alternating chapters from both Tegan's point of view and Sara's, the book is a raw account of the drugs, alcohol, love, music and friendship they explored in their formative years.
A transcendent story of first loves and first songs, it captures the tangle of discordant and parallel memories of two sisters who grew up in distinct ways even as they lived just down the hall from one another. This is the origin story of Tegan and Sara.
©2019 Sara Quin, Tegan Quin (P)2019 Hachette Audio UKI saw so much of myself in the words and found myself commenting & laughing to the stories like I was in the room with them. Heck they should write fiction! Amazing!!! Thank you Tegan and Sara!
Only thing is I would have loved to have heard about Tegan’s coming out and how her and Alex broke up. But that is for another day!
Exceptionally told, it’s like I was there!
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Not a super fan, but a fan nonetheless!
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Well worth a read!
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Loved the clips of their recordings from demos and that it was narrated by both of them.
Will listen again in the future I have no doubt!
Open and honest
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Hey, I’m Just Like You...
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Added bonus of hearing their first recordings.
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Great companion to the new album.
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Tegan and Sara's memoir is a touching, honest, funny and sometimes heartbreaking account of growing up a queer teen in the 90s. A must listen for all - LGBTQ+ and queer allies alike. It's great to hear the early recordings between chapters - and so interesting to compare to the newer versions of the songs on the Hey I'm Just Like You album. Buy both, you won't regret a second of either!
A touching and honest coming of age story...
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Honest and Emotional
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First of all, I highly recommend choosing the audiobook instead of a physical copy. Both Tegan and Sara read their parts of the memoir with some of their old recordings sprinkled in between chapters. The recordings where so sweet and heartwarming!
The story itself is very interesting as my own teenage years were quite prim, proper and sheltered compared to Tegan and Sara's a decade before. It reads as a perfect coming-of-age novel with an engaging plot and distinct characters, which makes the fact that it's a memoir even more incredible.
I thoroughly enjoyed this and will definitely be recommending it to everyone who's willing to listen to me!
The best audiobook I've listened to!
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