Plums for Months

Memories of a Wonder-Filled Neurodivergent Childhood

As a neurodivergent child in a hundred-year-old house, Zaji Cox collects grammar books, second-hand toys, and sightings of feral cats.

She dances and cartwheels through self-discovery and doubt, guided by her big sister and their devoted single mother.

Through short essays that evoke the abundant imagination of childhood, Plums for Months explores the challenges of growing up mixed race and low-income on the outskirts of Portland, Oregon.

©2023 Zaji Cox (P)2023 Blackstone Publishing

Savor Every Word

More inspiring than I ever could have imagined. Excellent memory recalls to earlie childhood. My heart melted with compassion and swelled with pride as I savored every word and felt every cold chill from the Gresham House.
Stephanie Weeks bring Zaji's voice to life as narrator of Plums For Months. Thank you.

Insightful memoir

Zaji's memoir takes a unique angle of poems and short stories that all meld together well into a look at our inner voice and how we as individuals perceive our world.