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Road Home

Rex Ogle

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English
WW Norton & Co
03 March 2026
When Rex was outed the summer after he graduated high school, his father gave him a choice: he could stay at home, find a girlfriend, and attend church twice a week, or he could be gay-and leave. Rex left, driving toward the only other gay man he knew and a toxic relationship that would ultimately leave him homeless and desperate on the streets of New Orleans.

Here, Rex tells the story of his coming out and his father's rejection of his identity, navigating abuse and survival on the streets. Road Home is a devastating and incandescent reflection on Rex's hunger-for food, for love, and for a place to call home-completing the trilogy of memoirs that began with the award-winning Free Lunch.
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Imprint:   WW Norton & Co
Country of Publication:   United States
Dimensions:   Height: 211mm,  Width: 140mm,  Spine: 20mm
Weight:   220g
ISBN:   9781324083276
ISBN 10:   1324083271
Pages:   280
Publication Date:  
Recommended Age:   From 14 to 18 years
Audience:   Young adult ,  Preschool (0-5)
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active

Rex Ogle is the award-winning author of Free Lunch, Punching Bag, Abuela, Don’t Forget Me, Road Home, and, most recently, When We Ride. He lives in Los Angeles, California.

Reviews for Road Home

Ogle's story, relayed in short, fast-paced chapters, is deeply personal and affecting, and readers will be anxious to learn how this period of his life ended. Raw and vulnerable; a necessary look at the realities of homelessness.-- ""Kirkus Reviews (starred review)"" Searingly honest.... [A] stunning addition to Ogle's autobiographical work.-- ""Publishers Weekly (starred review)"" Detailed dialogue and short, punchy sentences are captivating and effortlessly convey Ogle's bleak experience. Throughout, Ogle vividly recounts his desperation and bouts with suicidal ideation while also highlighting shreds of hope... Ultimately, Road Home is a story of queer survival and reclamation of self.-- ""Shelf Awareness (starred review)"" Memoirs like this one keep good company with others like Laurie Halse Anderson's Shout, Maia Kobabe's Gender Queer, and George M. Johnson's All Boys Aren't Blue. An emotionally resonant denouement; Ogle gives readers his hardest and most hopeful book yet.-- ""School Library Journal (starred review)""


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