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My book’s title, Ramin Abbas Has MAJOR Questions, is aimed to drop the potential reader into a whirlpool of curiosity: who is Ramin Abbas? Why does he have questions? What kind of questions does he have? And why are they so… Major? Do his questions have answers? In some ways, it makes the reader come up with their own set of questions immediately. Our great hope is that the potential reader would get pleasantly curious enough to read the book description and the opening chapter, and then embark on the journey with Ramin– a closted gay Muslim teen who attends an all-Muslim school and feels that he has to choose between being gay and remaining faithful to Allah—as he explores his questions and embarks on an internal quest to find the answers.
The idea of “questions” was initially suggested by my genius agent Dan Lazar, who connected deeply with the story and hoped that readers, especially those struggling with reconciling their faith and sexuality, would remain curious about themselves and simply ask thoughtful questions. We’re not necessarily here to give answers.
Then, my equally genius editor Caitlyn Dlouhy identified that in the book, Ramin has questions upon questions upon questions, his biggest one being: why...[read on]
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