Why Katherine loves this book
The world Zoë Bossiere builds in CACTUS COUNTY is utterly unique, with characters at once compelling, nuanced, and heartbreaking. Zoë's writing brings every moment of this story alive: we are dusty, crispy, seared, elated, rage-filled, and--by the end--so very desperate for them to get out. Deft in its portrayals of class issues and what it's like to be genderqueer, CACTUS COUNTRY is also just a top tier memoir, telling a story we haven't heard in gorgeous language I couldn't put down.
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A striking literary memoir of genderfluidity, class, masculinity, and the American Southwest that captures the author’s experience coming of age in a Tucson, Arizona, trailer park.
Newly arrived in the Sonoran Desert, eleven-year-old Zoë’s world is 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 have the words to express it, he experiences life as a trans boy—and in Cactus Country, others begin to see him as a boy, too. Here, Zoë spends hot days…
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