T Kira Madden
Author
Language
English
Description
"The acclaimed literary essayist T Kira Madden's raw and redemptive debut is a memoir about coming of age as a queer, biracial teenager within the fierce contradictions of Boca Raton, Florida, a place where cult-like privilege, shocking social and racial disparities, rampant white-collar crime, and powerfully destructive standards of beauty hide in plain sight. As a child in Florida, T Kira Madden lived a life of extravagance--from her exclusive private...
Publisher
Harper Perennial
Pub. Date
[2021]
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
290 pages ; 21 cm
Language
English
Description
"Horse Girls reframes the iconic bond between girls and horses with the complexity and nuance it deserves"--Back cover.
As a child, horses consumed Halimah Marcus imagination. When she wasnt around horses she was pretending to be one, cantering on two legs, hands poised to hold invisible reins. To her classmates, girls like Halimah were known as {28}horse girls,