Diary of a misfit
(Book)
Author
Published
New York : Alfred A. Knopf, 2022.
Format
Book
ISBN
9780525658535 (HRD), 052565853X (HRD)
Status
Chappaqua Library - Biography
BIOGRAPHY PARKS, CASEY
1 available
BIOGRAPHY PARKS, CASEY
1 available
Eastchester Public Library - Biography
B PARKS
1 available
B PARKS
1 available
Greenburgh Public Library - Biography
B PARKS
1 available
B PARKS
1 available
Copies
Location | Call Number | Status |
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Chappaqua Library - Biography | BIOGRAPHY PARKS, CASEY | Available |
Eastchester Public Library - Biography | B PARKS | Available |
Greenburgh Public Library - Biography | B PARKS | Available |
Harrison Public Library - Nonfiction | 306.766 P | Available |
Hastings-on-Hudson Public Library - Biography | B PARKS | Available |
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Published
New York : Alfred A. Knopf, 2022.
Physical Desc
pages cm
Language
English
ISBN
9780525658535 (HRD), 052565853X (HRD)
Notes
Description
"When Casey Parks came out as a lesbian in college back in 2002, she assumed her life in the rural South was over. Her mother shunned her, and her pastor asked God to kill her. But then Parks' grandmother, a stern conservative who grew up picking cotton,shared a story about her childhood friend, Roy Hudgins, a musician who was allegedly kidnapped as a baby and was "a woman who lived as a man." "Find out what happened to Roy," Casey's grandma implored. Part memoir, part investigative reporting, Diary of aMisfit is the story of Parks' life-changing journey to unravel the mysteries of Roy's life, all the while confronting ghosts of her own. For ten years, Parks knocked on strangers' doors, dug through nursing home records, and doggedly searched for Roy's own diaries, trying to uncover what Roy was like as a person-what he felt; what he thought; and how he grappled with his sense of otherness. As Parks traces Roy's story, Parks is forced to reckon with long-buried memories and emotions surrounding her own sexuality, her fraught Southern identity, her tortured yet loving relationship with her mother, and the complicated role of faith in her life. With an enormous heart and an unstinting sense of vulnerability, Parks writes about finding oneself through someone else's story, and about forging connections across the gulfs that divide us"--,Provided by publisher.
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APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)
Parks, C. (2022). Diary of a misfit . Alfred A. Knopf.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Parks, Casey. 2022. Diary of a Misfit. Alfred A. Knopf.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Parks, Casey. Diary of a Misfit Alfred A. Knopf, 2022.
MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)Parks, Casey. Diary of a Misfit Alfred A. Knopf, 2022.
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