Raechel received her PhD in Communication Studies with a minor in Gender & Sexuality Studies from the University of Minnesota. story is both remarkable and utterly ordinary any dreamy kid who grew up broke and weird will see a spark of themselves in this book, which is also why it's so important.-Kim Kelly, The New RepublicĪbout the Author Raechel Anne Jolie is a writer, educator, and media maker. Quite possibly the first book that's ever made me well up with tears within the first few pages. Jolie's voice is at once funny and heart-wrenching, putting every reader who wanted to be part of a scene back into their adolescent shoes.-Alicia Kennedy, Tenderly But Jolie also stages this achingly personal story against the backdrop of the 1990s and early 2000s, with punk, emo and indie music playing as much of a role in her young life as the working-class environs that she rebelled against - and that she eventually came to grips with.- Jason Heller, NPR Book Concierge's Best Books of 2020 In her debut memoir, Rust Belt Femme, Raechel Anne Jolie gets it: On the surface, Femme is an exploration of trauma, queer identity and determination in the life of a Midwest kid trapped in a cycle of poverty and tragedy. Kirkus ReviewsĬoming-of-age memoirs work best when the author is unafraid to dig deep into the context of their childhood, as well as the actual events. Rust Belt Femme is the story of how these twin foundations-rural Ohio poverty and alternative 90s culture-made Raechel into who she is today: a queer femme with PTSD and a deep love of the Midwest.Ī sharp coming-of-age portrait. It was the early 90s, full of Nirvana songs and chokers, flannel shirts and cut-off jean shorts, lesbian witches and local coffee shops. Raechel escaped to the progressive suburbs of Cleveland Heights, leaving the tractors and ranch-style homes home in favor of a city with vintage marquees, music clubs, and people who talked about big ideas. Raechel and her mother struggled for money: they were evicted, went days without utilities, and took their trauma out on one another.
After her father came home from his third-shift job, took the garbage out to the curb and was hit by a drunk driver, her life changed.
About the Book A fierce, unyielding memoir of queer self-discovery in '90s Clevelandīook Synopsis Raechel Anne Jolie's early life in a working-class Cleveland exurb was full of race cars, Budweiser-drinking men covered in car grease, and the women who loved them.
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