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This is a book about queerness and class, masculinity and femininity and the fluid spaces between, and how the places that raise us leave an indelible mark on us, how we carry those places inside us no matter how far we run. I loved this book, and needed this book, and saw myself in it, and can’t wait to press it into the hands of those who I know will love it, who need it, who will see themselves in it too.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003ccite\u003e—Melissa Faliveno, author of Tomboyland\u003c\/cite\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/blockquote\u003e\n\u003cblockquote\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"Zoë Bossiere’s gripping debut memoir is part coming-of-age tale and part unraveling of gender—set against the backdrop of the Arizona dessert trailer park where Bossiere grew up. In Cactus Country drugs, violence, and suicide were regular features of Bossiere’s childhood, but so were love, friendship, and acceptance. 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