Cactus Country
ebook ∣ A Boyhood Memoir
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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:
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.