A Language of Limbs

1972. On a quiet summer night in Newcastle, Australia, two teenage girls must each make a choice: to act upon their desires or suppress them? To live an openly queer life or to try desperately not to? Over the following three decades, these girls grow into women and live out their decisions, always almost crossing paths at pivotal moments. In an era that spans Australia''s first Mardi Gras and the AIDS pandemic, there is joy and grief and loss and desire for each of them - but will their lives ever collide? A Language of Limbs is about love and how it''s policed, friendship and how it transcends, and hilarity in the face of heartbreak. A celebration of queer life in all its vibrancy and colour, this story finds the humanity in all of us and demands we claim our futures for ourselves.

About the author

Dylin Hardcastle (they/them) is an award-winning author, artist, screenwriter and former Provost’s Scholar at the University of Oxford. They are the author of four critically acclaimed books. Their work has been translated into eight languages. Dylin is the co-writer and co-director of Cloudy River. Their most recent novel, A Language of Limbs, has been optioned by Sony Pictures and is in development. 

Product details

• Authors: Dylin Hardcastle
• Publisher: Bedford Square Publishers
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback
• Released: 27.03.2025
• EAN: 9780857309075
• ISBN: 978-0-85730-907-5
• Subjects: Fiction > Narrative literature; Fiction > Narrative literature > Contemporary literature (from 1945); Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945), Adult & contemporary romance, FICTION / Literary, Modern & contemporary fiction, Narrative theme: Coming of age, FICTION / LGBTQ+ / Lesbian, FICTION / LGBTQ+ / General, Modern and Contemporary romance