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Once upon a time, Avery lived in a place filled with family, magic, and love. It ended when her mother came for her. Ripped from the only home she ever knew, young Avery endures horrific exploitation, familial separation, and a childhood without the promise of a happily ever after. Part prose, part poetry—all primal scream—A Map to the Stars explores the acerbic betrayal of family, unthinkable abuse, and the search for what is left behind—if anything at all—amongst the stars. Ashley Hutchison pulls no punches in this poignant, creative nonfiction memoir of her childhood.

Meet our heroine, Mo. She’s every dyke’s dream—or so she’s been told by her kind and supportive friends. She’s shy but passionate, politically aware, as committed to her egalitarian all-womyn’s softball team as she is to her volunteer work at the Gay and Lesbian Community Center. So why can’t she find a girlfriend? Could it possibly be because she’s more judgmental than Gertrude Stein and more self-sabotaging than Bojack Horseman?

Ten great chapters from our women speakers from our various Steeling the Mind Conferences!