Becoming A Man
Half a Life Story
$26.99
- Paperback
288 pages
- Release Date
1 July 1994
Summary
He grew up in a small town in New England in the 1950’s, watching Lassie, going to church, getting straight A’s at school, a scholar destined for success. But he already had a secret, and his public life with family and friends was already a constant round of ventriloquism as he played the joker and pretended to be the same as everyone else. For Paul Monette was gay.
BECOMING A MAN is about growing up gay, and about the tyranny and self-denial of the closet - one man’s struggle, for h…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780349105499 |
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| ISBN-10: | 0349105499 |
| Author: | Paul Monette |
| Publisher: | Little, Brown Book Group |
| Imprint: | Abacus |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 288 |
| Release Date: | 1 July 1994 |
| Weight: | 204g |
| Dimensions: | 196mm x 132mm x 19mm |
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Critics Review
Searingly honest and lyrically beautiful…an unforgettable account of growing up gay in America.
A profound tale, wrenching as it is life-affirming, poetic as it is uncompromisingly real. - VILLAGE VOICE
A daring and heartbreaking memoir. - BOSTON GLOBEAffirmative and ultimately celebratory. - NEW YORK TIMESEveryone can learn about courage and self-discovery from BECOMING A MAN. - SAN FRANCISCO CHRONICLESearingly honest and lyrically beautiful…an unforgettable account of growing up gay in America. - EsquireAbout The Author
Paul Monette
Paul Monette was the author of six novels and three collections of poems. Becoming a Man was the 1992 National Book Award for non-fiction. He died in February 1995.
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