In the collection of interrelated essays, a queer veteran explores companionship, the role of the outsider, and the myriad ways we navigate aimlessness while searching for stability and meaning.
“Lemer’s memoir, like learning one’s own true self, is equal parts foreign and familiar. His warm, relatable prose brings us on his journey across the globe to discover his sexuality, his values, and his vision, arriving, like so many of us, at a home he sees for the first time.”
— Katherine Schifani, author of Cartography: Navigating a Year in Iraq.
“In this tender and heartfelt memoir, Lemer turns his contemplative, compassionate gaze to a lifelong search for authentic connection, ranging over his North Dakota childhood, his years of youthful wanderlust, and his eventual return to a life—and a self—made anew. An assured, rollicking, moving read.”
— Evan James, author of I’ve Been Wrong Before: Essays
“Lemer doesn’t just ‘write’ essays, he excavates them—digging deep within himself and the wider world to bring readers toward greater truths.”
— B.J. Hollars, author of Year of Plenty: A Family’s Season of Grief
Bronson Lemer 