Not Like Other Boys: Growing Up Gay: A Mother and Son Look Back
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| Rating | : | 4.81 (554 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0595193889 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 276 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2013-10-01 |
| Language | : | English |
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It is homophobia that should be in the closet." Copyright 1995 Reed Business Information, Inc. . From Publishers Weekly "Mom, I don't know how to tell you this I'm gay," Christopher Shyer, then 26, told his mother, Marlene, on Thanksgiving Day 1987. How he summoned the courage to come out, after years of torment, isolation and self-hatred growing up in the suburbs of New York City, is revealed in a deeply moving memoir, told in alternating voices. As long as it doesn't show." Chris, a business executive in New York, writes forcefully. "It's those who condemn and deride us, those who are ignorant and misinformed who should be scorned and ridiculed. Marlene, a novelist, children's-book author and journalist, worried obsessively from the time Chris was five that he'd become a homosexual and dragged him to psychotherapi
Great for everyone. I read this book only a few months after I came out. At that time in my life I still didn't accept myself as gay. This book helped me see that you don't have a be a queen to be gay. This book also helped me look back on my own childhood. That helped me see that I've been gay all along and that I was discovering it instead of creating it.This book is an absolute joy to read. My parent. Five Stars DK True. Required reading for parents! "Not Like Other Boys" chronicles two interconnected stories at once: the awareness and coming out of Christopher Shyer, and the gradual acceptance he achieved from his mother, Marlene.The book is told in alternating viewpoints, chapter by chapter -- a format which rarely works, but does here. Whereas both stories are riveting -- and certainly all gay men, especially of Chris' age and
By offering different perspectives on their shared pasts, the Shyers produced a complex and emotionally persuasive family portrait.Kirkus Reviews A deeply moving memoir.Publishers Weekly What makes this story ultimately heroic isa reminder of all those who struggle against the stigma of who they are.The New York Times Book Review This wonderful book will not only tug at your heart, it will open your mind to the fact that homosexuality is not a choice, it is a given and has nothing to with the worth of a human being.Womens News