Continental Divide: A Novel
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Go west, young man. Isnât that the advice every east coast boy has considered at least once in his life?
At nineteen, almost twenty, Ron Bancroft thinks those words sound pretty good. Newly out as transgender, Ron finds himself adrift: kicked out by his family, jilted by his girlfriend, and unable to afford to return to college in the fall. So he heads out to Wyoming for a new start, a chance to prove thatâeven though he was raised as a girl, even though everyone in Boston thinks of him as transgenderâhe can live as a man. A real man.
In Wyoming, he finds what he was looking for: rugged terrain, wranglers, and a clean slate. He also stumbles into a world more dangerous than he imagined, one of bigotry and violence. And he falls for an intriguing young woman, who seems as interested in him as he is in her. Thus begins Ronâs true adventure, a search not for the right place in America, but the right place within himself to find truth, happiness, and a sense of belonging.
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Alex Myers is a writer, teacher, speaker, and activist. Since high school, Alex has campaigned for transgender rights. As a female-to-male transgender person, Alex began his transition at Phillips Exeter Academy and was the first transgender student in that academyâs history. Alex was also the first openly transgender student at Harvard and worked to change the universityâs nondiscrimination clause to include gender identity. For the past decade, he has taught English at private high schools and currently lives in New Hampshire with his wife and two cats.
