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meghan_is_reading's review against another edition
5.0
fascinating exploration of gay masculinity and fathers.
starnosedmole's review against another edition
4.0
Smith reflects on gender, sexuality, masculinity, family relationships, drinking, and anxiety in this rich and gripping memoir. A thoughtful book that encourages not just accepting, but embracing, vulnerability.
catherinefisher55's review against another edition
4.0
Excellent. I was sorely tempted to rate it 5 stars.
veganschnitzel's review against another edition
5.0
Moving, exciting, and filled to the brim with tragicomic anecdotes. Glad I took a chance on this one. Smith talks about his uncertain place in the world of gender, the struggles of addiction, and the changing landscape of gay male cruising culture with funny, touching frankness.
michaelkerr's review
4.0
Framed as a memoir (indeed, it's subtitled as such) this book could just as easily be shelved in the gender studies section of your library. Here, Smith is painfully honest about his compulsions and addictions, as well as his family dysfunctions - but more is going on for the reader than cathartic voyeurism. His sexual explorations and exploits, his gender-bending clothing choices, all are served up in such a way as to make the reader think about sexual identity, both in the orientation and general senses. In addition, the book ends with a rather beautiful illustration of therapeutic reframing, which, as a conclusion, really works.
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