by Ashley McCall | Jul 16, 2014 | Archived Reviews (pre-April 2020), Historical Fiction
Life is rough for Smiley. An effeminate boy in small town Appalachia, he’s part of the short bus crowd, not as a result of any intellectual abnormality, but as a result of his penchant for wearing women’s clothing. Abandoned as a small child by his mother, Smiley has...