Cactus Country: A Boyhood Memoir

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 ...