Book
Diary of a misfit / Casey Parks.
Record details
- ISBN: 052565853X : HRD
- ISBN: 9780525658535 : HRD
- ISBN: 9780525658535
- ISBN: 052565853X
- ISBN: 9780593081105
- ISBN: 0593081102
- Physical Description: pages cm
- Publisher: New York : Alfred A. Knopf, 2022.
Content descriptions
| Summary, etc.: | "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 a Misfit 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. |
Search for related items by subject
| Subject: | Parks, Casey. Lesbians > Biography. Gender identity. Sex (Psychology) Self-actualization (Psychology) Investigative reporting. |
Available copies
- 13 of 13 copies available at Bibliomation.
- 1 of 1 copy available at John P. Webster Library - West Hartford. (Show)
Holds
- 0 current holds with 13 total copies.
Show Only Available Copies
| Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| John P. Webster Library - West Hartford | HQ 75.4.P36 A3 2022 (Text) | 30401147774438 | Adult Nonfiction | Available | - |
| Beardsley & Memorial Library - Winsted | 306.76 PARKS (Text) | 33750000081541 | Adult Nonfiction | Available | - |
| Brookfield Library | 921/PARKS (Text) | 34029150697752 | Adult Nonfiction | Available | - |
| Easton Public Library | MEM PARKS, CASEY (Text) | 37777154389704 | Adult Memoir | Available | - |
| Edith Wheeler Memorial Library - Monroe | 306.7663092 PARKS (Text) | 34026152463134 | Adult Nonfiction | Available | - |
| Kent Library Association - Kent | B PAR (Text) | 33410150977173 | Adult Biography | Available | - |
| Mark Twain Library Association - Redding | 306.7663 Par (Text) | 33620153732140 | Adult Nonfiction | Available | - |
| Milford Public Library | 306.766 P (Text) | 34013150758525 | Adult Nonfiction | Available | - |
| New Milford Public Library | B PARKS (Text) | 34021152998734 | Adult Biography | Available | - |
| Silas Bronson Library - Waterbury | B PARKS, C PAR (Text) | 34005153095749 | Adult Biography | Available | - |
| Southbury Public Library | B PARKS PARKS (Text) | 34019155374754 | Adult Biography | Available | - |
| Thompson Public Library | 306.76 Parks (Text) | 34038139205983 | Adult Nonfiction | Available | - |
| Tolland Public Library | B PARKS (Text) | 34051154243177 | Adult Biography | Available | - |
