Diary of a Misfit: A Memoir and a Mystery

"When Casey Parks first learned of Roy Hudgins, a “woman who lived like a man” during her grandmother’s childhood in Louisiana, her interest was piqued. Newly out to her family and recently condemned to hell by their preacher, Parks begins a yearslong scavenger hunt of sorts. Finding all the clues to Roy’s story proves difficult, but in the process, Parks beautifully portrays her interview subjects in the South and what she both loves and finds painful about home. A blend of reportage, research and memoir, Diary of a Misfit is a riveting read."