Ruel Black's upbringing in the oil fields of North America was far from normal, but when his father's abrupt death dumps Ruel into the middle-class life of his birth mother and her family, things only get stranger. Now, without an education or social skills, Ruel must find a way to remain himself while the round peg of his past is forced into the square hole of his new reality. Sometimes humorous and sometimes poignant, Joe Taught Me That is a social outcast's stirring journey to overcome the obstacles society throws in his path and become accepted for who he is. WARNING: swearing and mild sexual references