{"product_id":"songs-of-no-provenance","title":"Songs of No Provenance","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSongs of No Provenance tells the story of Joan Vole, an indie folk singer forever teetering on the edge of fame, who flees New York after committing a shocking sexual act onstage. \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eWith the threat of an internet storm looming over her, Joan seeks refuge at a writing camp for teenagers in rural Virginia, where she’s forced to question her own toxic relationship to artmaking – and her complicated history with a friend and mentee – while finding new hope in her students and a deepening intimacy with a nonbinary artist and fellow camp staff member.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eLydi Conklin boldly explores kink, shame, queer appropriation, fame hunger, cancel culture, trans nonbinary identity and how to make art without ego, all the while asking how Joan might forge a new future for herself. Suffused with flashbacks to a musical underworld as seductive as it is seedy, Songs of no Provenance is a visceral, gutsy and profound debut novel about love, self-acceptance and clawing oneself to safety.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Lydi Conklin","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":55970363343235,"sku":"9781784745653","price":16.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0573\/8600\/8738\/files\/SIMPLEWEBSITEPRODUCTIMAGE-2025-07-10T112729.891.png?v=1752143266","url":"https:\/\/rarebirdsbooks.pro\/products\/songs-of-no-provenance","provider":"Rare Birds Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}