When Deshawn hears of his uncle''s death, his riotous big-city life in San Francisco is abruptly put on hold while he travels back to Alabama for the funeral. While there, he''s hit by flashbacks of growing up queer and black in the ''80s South, of a youth filled with strong women, bewildered boys, and messed up queers.

Wading through prickly reminders of his childhood, Deshawn reconnects with his old self and the ghosts of his past. A raw, dirty, hilarious, and heart-breaking novel about the experiences that shape us, Since I Laid My Burden Down asks the intimate question: who deserves love?


Format Häftad Omfång 195 sidor Språk Engelska Förlag Cipher Press Utgivningsdatum 2021-08-12 ISBN 9781838390006