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bibliotechnocrat
Jun 22, 2013bibliotechnocrat rated this title 4 out of 5 stars
Great book. This memoir of growing up with a gay father is absorbing and engaging. Don't pick it up just as you're preparing to move... The book is structured to give the various points of view of the main players. First is the author's childhood (and later) gradual realization that her father is not like the others - with her subsequent retreat into the closet of denial, even as her father makes the opposite journey. Next is a description of the same time span from the father's point of view (based on journals, notes, letters, and so on). The mother's experiences are given brief attention with a final section bringing the narrative up to date with the way the family now functions. It's often forgotten that the family of an out person must themselves also be 'outed' as the relations of gay people. This book explores this experience from both sides of the coin. Well worth your time.