![]() ![]() Monette was born in Lawrence, Massachusetts, in 1945. The story of his journey to adulthood and to self-acceptance with grace and honesty, this intimate portrait of a young man’s struggle with his own desires is witty, humorous, and deeply felt.Ībout the author: In novels, poetry, and a memoir, Paul Monette wrote about gay men striving to fashion personal identities and, later, coping with the loss of a lover to AIDS. He wrestled with his sexuality for the first thirty years of his life, priding himself on his ability to “pass” for straight. ![]() As a child of the 1950s, a time when a kid suspected of being a “homo” would routinely be beaten up, Monette kept his secret throughout his adolescence. Also available in Kindle format.īook description: Paul Monette grew up all-American, Catholic, overachieving. ![]()
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