First Spring Grass Fire

Transgendered musician Rae Spoon’s first book is a fictionalized account of growing up queer in a strict Pentecostal family in rural Canada. As their father’s schizophrenia causes their parents’ marriage to unravel, Rae finds solace in their siblings and in their growing feelings for a girl at school. This is a coming-of-age book about escaping dogma, surviving abuse, finding love, and risking everything for acceptance.