Pretend Plumber: An Adventure

By Stephanie Barbé Hammer

Book Overview

Sarassine Anfang is a precocious, queer-curious Los Angeles teen, who grows so fed up with her wealthy, dysfunctional Jewish Hancock Park family that she decides to run away to her grandfather's Wilshire condo, and become a plumber. But her chocolate eating grandmother and her distracted parents have other ideas.

Pretend Plumber meshes the optimistic whimsy of the Oz books with a contemporary look at young, privileged teens in Southern California. Meshing a comical commentary on the wealthy of Los Angeles, magic, and a story of a sincere young person's awakening sexual identities and political conscience, this humorous adventure evolves into a serious story about responsibility, loyalty, and immigration justice. Pretend Plumber's heroine, Sarassine is an unusual person; she is urban, Jewish, neurodivergent, and probably bisexual. But her very uniqueness and her willingness to take a stand for the people she cares about make her lovable, and ultimately, admirable.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1955969043
• ISBN13: 9781955969048
• Release Date: May 2022
• Publisher: Inlandia Institute
• Length: 228 Pages
• Weight: 0.63 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 5.5" x 8.3"