OUTsider
Crossing Borders. Breaking Rules. Gaining Pride
Memoir | LGBT Books
by Ruth Marimo
Released: April 11, 2014
OUTsider chronicles the journey of Ruth Marimo, who traveled from Africa to the United States, from abused wife to an out lesbian activist, from a life of fear to one filled with joy. Living as an undocumented immigrant, she details the daily struggles to survive as a health-care worker and to thrive as a wife and mother. Complicating matters, for decades Marimo had denied her true identity as a lesbian woman.
Trade Paper
ISBN: 978-0-9895868-0-1
6 x 9, 264 pages
ebook
Memoir
Women immigrants–United States–Biography
Victims of family violence–United States–Biography
Lesbians–Biography
Coming Out
Zimbabweans–United States–Biography
Gay and Lesbian Studies