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High School

by Sara Quin
Tegan Quin
Audiobook (Includes supplementary content)
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"Tegan and Sara Quin's joint memoir is perfect in audiobook form....Knowing and loving Tegan and Sara the musicians will obviously make this listen extra special, but it's by no means a prerequisite to entry. High School, very literally, is for everyone." — Paste, best audiobooks of 2019

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.
NOW AN 8-EPISODE FREEVEE TELEVISION SERIES! — From the iconic musicians Tegan and Sara comes a memoir about high school, detailing their first loves and first songs in a compelling look back at their humble beginnings.

High School is the revelatory and unique coming-of-age story of Sara and Tegan Quin, identical twins from Calgary, Alberta, who grew up at the height of grunge and rave culture in the nineties, 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 and Sara's points of view, 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, High School 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 each another. This is the origin story of Tegan and Sara.

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  • Release date

    September 24, 2019

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    • OverDrive Listen audiobook

      • ISBN: 9781250243249
      • File size: 271590 KB
      • Duration: 09:25:48

  • Languages

    • English

  • Reviews

    • Publisher's Weekly

      July 8, 2019
      The Canadian musician authors focus on their high school years in this moody memoir set in the mid-1990s. The twin sisters tell their story in alternating chapters whose topics include first loves, coming out as gay, and making music. They heartbreakingly recall the girls they fell for and the discomfort that came with hiding their romantic relationships from critical adults. Even though the two bickered as teenagers (“It didn’t matter what it was; everything was a battlefield,” Sara writes), music always brought them together. Their life-changing moment came when they found their stepfather’s guitar and played it for the first time. Their descriptions of touching the guitar match up strikingly. Writes Tegan: “Its thick body pressed into my thighs... the desire to play it felt instinctive.” Adds Sara: “The weight of the wood felt intimate, touching almost all of me at once.” The sisters began composing songs and eventually entered a contest that would get them a deal with PolyGram Records. The narrative ends as they gear up to make a name for themselves as artists. This quiet memoir—which includes family photos—will appeal to fans interested in the duo’s formative years.

    • AudioFile Magazine
      Sara and Tegan Quin narrate their own journey through the tumultuous high school years in the '90s before they became the celebrated musicians and LGBTQ icons they are today. Memoirs tend to be best when read by the authors, and this is no exception. Being identical twins, Tegan and Sara have similar qualities to their voices but are able to differentiate themselves with their personalities. Alternating chapters allow the authors to let their stories blend. Their high school years cover many serious issues that affected teens then and still do today, including sexuality, identity, drugs, and alcohol. Listeners will enjoy hearing rough cuts of some of Tegan and Sara's first songs as well as an interview with the authors. A.G.M. © AudioFile 2019, Portland, Maine

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