In the early 20th century, a young Native-American boy, orphaned and rootless, goes across the plains in search of his heritage, but it's not until he returns to the small Idaho town where he was nurtured that he finds what he'd been looking for.
Will Parker is a gay rube from Wyoming who is searching for his lost love, a man named Charlie. Will arrives in New York, gets a restaurant job, falls in love with a drag queen, and must face firsthand the reality of AIDS.
A powerful, entertaining story of self-awakening, the complex bonds of family, and of America during the late 1960s, this novel follows the journeys of 17-year-old Rigby John Klusener who leaves his home and family in Idaho and heads for a new life in San Francisco.
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