Title:
Out of loneliness : murder and memoir / Mary Woster Haug.
ISBN:
9781098396053
Personal Author:
Publication Information:
Blairsville, Georgia : Humble Essayist Press, 2021.
Physical Description:
iv, 363 pages ; 22 cm
Contents:
Prologue -- Seining memory -- Origins -- Cowboys and fathers -- Silence and shame -- Rituals, taboos, and transformations -- Dreams and disasters -- Virgin or temptress -- Love's lonely offices -- Inevitable endings -- The Aftermath -- Carnivals and voyeurs -- Sex and scandals -- Deception and defenses -- Choosing love -- Grieving lessons -- Dogged strength -- Knowing and not knowing -- Stories are the bread crumbs -- Epilogue -- Author's note -- Bibliography -- Study guide -- Acknowledgements.
Summary:
"Out of Loneliness: Murder and Memoir opens on Memorial Day 1962 when Bev Waugh, a transgender man strode down a quiet street in a small South Dakota river town and shot Myron Menzie, a young Lakota engaged to Jeanie Stepon, Bev's pretty, teenage lover. Haug was sixteen years old that day and had no context for understanding the complications of a triangulated love affair that led to murder. Forty years later, Haug discovers a picture of Bev. In her memory Bev was brawny, fierce, and freakish. She is stunned to see how tiny and vulnerable Bev appears in the photo. How could her memories be so faulty? This coming-of-age story braids the author's life with Bev's in terms of how the western landscape shaped their understanding of masculinity, gender identity, fathers, love, and grief. It is an unexpected story in an unexpected place that balances the mundane life of a small-town with violence and the pervasive myth of the cowboy." -- Amazon.com
OCLC Number:
on1281190572
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