Jonny Appleseed: A Novel [B0824]

2018 PB in nice clean condition. "You're gonna need a rock and a whole lotta medicine" is a mantra that Jonny Appleseed, a young Two-Spirit/Indigiqueer, repeats to himself in this vivid and utterly compelling novel.

Off the reservation and trying to find ways to live and love in the big city, Jonny becomes a cybersex worker who fetishizes himself in order to make a living. Self-ordained as an NDN glitter princess, Jonny has one week before he must return to the "rez," and his former life, to attend the funeral of his stepfather. The next seven days are like a fevered dream: stories of love, trauma, sex, kinship, ambition, and the heartbreaking recollection of his beloved kokum (grandmother). Jonny's world is a series of breakages, appendages, and linkages--and as he goes through the motions of preparing to return home, he learns how to put together the pieces of his life.

Jonny Appleseed is a unique, shattering vision of Indigenous life, full of grit, glitter, and dreams.

From recent Amazon/GoodReads reviews: "wow. what a read. i was skeptical. I've heard many things about this book, but you really can't judge a book off someone else. I loved having this ability to read about a native life of growth through his gay experiences, his love, and heartbreak. wow, just wonderful. it's crazy how different but similar we all really are. we all bleed red."; "Wow. What do I even say? This book was well written, don't get me wrong. I liked the way it was told in vignettes, and I liked the specific stories that were chosen to be shared. There was a certain shock factor in the graphic detail in descriptions, but honestly? It was fitting. It emphasizes a kind of suffering, something foreign but also something that hit so close to home."