Coping with the death of her cousin, Mei abandons her life in the city to live in his now empty house in a small town. There she connects with his history as well as her own, learns about her aunt's long-term secret relationship, and reflects on the trans women she has left behind.

Small Beauty explores the protagonist's transness, but it also tenderly yet bitterly unpacks her experiences as a mixed-race person of Chinese descent, cycles of death and loss, and queer and intergenerational community. Small Beauty wanders through isolation, and then breaks it.

Author: Jia Qing Wilson-Yang
Binding Type: Paperback
Publisher: Metonymy Press
Published: 05/13/2016
Pages: 176
Weight: 0.5lbs
Size: 7.90h x 5.20w x 0.50d
ISBN: 9780994047120