This memoir truly stands out for me. For one, I can't think of another book that talks about Rastafarianism and the cult-like oppression it can bring about in the form of family abuse.

The author describes the exodus of the black community moving away from the Jim Crow South between 1915 and 1970. Slavery had been abolished, but life remained eerily similar with maximally enforced segregation, lack of education, lynchings, and the same old back breaking plantation work.

Caster tells the harrowing story of the discrimination she went through as a world-class 800m runner and Olympic gold medalist. To some members of the athletic community, she appeared male, which resulted in undisclosed, unannounced, and incredibly invasive gender verification exams while she was still a teenager.