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Cactus Country: A Boyhood Memoir

Cactus Country: A Boyhood Memoir

Bossiere, Zoë

Hardcover

Biographies GeneralLiterary Figures

Publisher Price: $27.00

ISBN10: 1419773186
ISBN13: 9781419773181
Publisher: Harry N. Abrams
Published: May 21 2024
Pages: 272
Weight: 0.85
Height: 1.10 Width: 5.51 Depth: 8.43
Language: English
NAMED A BEST MEMOIR OF THE YEAR BY ESQUIRE & SHELF AWARENESS

A SOUTHWEST BOOK OF THE YEAR

A striking literary memoir of genderfluidity, class, masculinity, and the American Southwest.

Newly arrived in the Sonoran Desert, eleven-year-old Zoë's world becomes one of giant beetles, thundering javelinas, and gnarled paloverde trees. With the family's move to Cactus Country RV Park, Zoë has been given a fresh start and a new, shorter haircut.

Although Zoë doesn't yet have the words to express it, he experiences life as a trans boy--and in Cactus Country, others begin to see him as one, too.

Inside Cactus Country:

  • A Trans Boyhood in the Desert: Follow Zoë's journey chasing shade and freight trains with an ever-rotating pack of sunburned desert kids.
  • Complicating Masculinity & Class: An unvarnished look at the working-class men of Cactus Country and the hard, complex masculinity embedded in the landscape.
  • A Powerful Sonoran Coming-of-Age: A poignant, unforgettable portrait of survival, identity, and finding oneself in the American West.
Haunting, evocative, and deeply moving, Cactus Country is an essential memoir of trans youth and working-class survival.

Equal parts harsh and tender, it's an invitation for readers to consider how we find our place in a world that insists on stark binaries, and a precisely rendered journey of self-determination that will resonate with anyone who's ever had to fight to be themself.

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