Legs Get Led Astray by Chloe Caldwell

ISBN: 978-1-892061-42-3

Legs Get Led Astray is a provocative collection of essays that vividly rockets the reader through one young woman’s life. Chloe Caldwell beautifully and bluntly escorts you through her childhood dreams, her first loves, her most unguarded sexual exploits, bookstore crushes, babysitting jobs, heartbroken wanderlust, and the suicide of a lost lover. Caldwell’s writing remarkably explores the genre of personal non-fiction and has been featured in The Rumpus, The Faster Times, Mr. Beller’s Neighborhood, The Nervous Breakdown, and Everyday Genius.

“Chloe Caldwell’s Legs Get Led Astray is a scorching hot glitter box of youthful despair and dark delight. Tender and sharp, wide-eyed and searching, these essays have a reckless beauty that feels to me like magic.” –Cheryl Strayed, author of Wild, Torch, and Tiny Beautiful Things

“Prepare to shed skin. Chloe Caldwell’s essays will dare you to dissect your own life. Shot-through with sexuality and sass, her language will get up in you and turn you inside out in the best possible way.” –Lidia Yuknavitch, author of The Chronology of Water

“These true stories are raw and heartfelt… gems galore.” –Poe Ballantine, author of Things I Like About America