01739cam a2200361 i 4500 607973742 TxGeo 20221014120000.0 211129s2022||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 2021049946 9780525658535 hbk. 052565853X hbk. (OCoLC)1268205823 TxGeo rda Parks, Casey, author. Diary of a misfit : a memoir and a mystery / Casey Parks. First edition. New York, NY : Alfred A. Knopf, [2022] 355 pages ; 25 cm. txt rdacontent n rdamedia nc rdacarrier "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"-- Provided by publisher. 20230824. Parks, Casey. Lesbians Biography. Gender identity. Sex (Psychology.) Self-actualization (Psychology.) Investigative reporting. Autobiographies. QS5