Cover of Now Go Home: Wilderness, Belonging, and the Crosscut Saw

Now Go Home: Wilderness, Belonging, and the Crosscut Saw

How did a quintessential California girl end up earning her living in the Pacific Northwest with a crosscut saw? In Now Go Home,Spagna reflects on the journey that took her from a childhood in the suburbs of LA to a trail crew in Washington's North Cascades, where she falls in love with a place and, unexpectedly, with a woman.

Subject
biography
Genre
LGBT
Themes
environmentnaturewomen
Setting
american westUSAwashington state
Audience
adult
Length
short · 176 pages
Form
short stories

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