When Terry Galloway was born on Halloween, no one knew that an experimental antibiotic given to her mother had wreaked havoc on her fetal nervous system. After her family moved from Berlin, Germany, to Austin, Texas, hers became a deafening, hallucinatory childhood where everything, including her own body, changed for the worse. But those unwelcome changes awoke in this particular child a dark, defiant humor that fueled her lifelong obsessions with language, duplicity, and performance.

As a ten-year-old self-proclaimed "child freak," she acted out her fury at her boxy hearing aids and Coke-bottle glasses by faking her own drowning at a camp for crippled children. Ever since that first real-life performance, Galloway has used theater and performance—onstage and off—to defy and transcend her reality. With disarming candor, Terry writes about her mental breakdowns, her queer identity, and her life in a silent, quirky world populated by unforgettable characters. What could have been a bitter litany of complaint is instead an unexpectedly hilarious and affecting take on life.

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(A little repetitive)

(Deeply Moving...)

(Buy this now, you want it.)

(NEW)

(Repetitious)
Interesting stories of the damage done by religious bigotry, of which there is a shameful and on going history. "Can't we all just get along?"
The collection of essays contained in this book touched my heart. After reading this I felt less alone, knowing there were others in this world who grew up similarly. I could not fathom how some parents could treat their own children that way, in those situations.

Give this book to everyone close to you. But also, give it to those who have condemned you. So they can be informed of how all this negativity is affecting the young. Their sociality, their mentality and most importantly, their natural human emotions.
I bought a copy of this book for myself and one for my local Gay Youth Organization (about 350 kids) to help them find their voices and to help them lead others. In my opinion it is one of the most important books everyone of every age can read today. The vast majority of heterosexual people simply do not know about the lives, persecution and suffering of the GLBT children and youth all around them. They need to know. GLBT kids are routinely treated in ways that are child abuse for every other child in the U.S.
I bought this book expecting a used book, but it appears tp be brand new. It took about aweek and a half to get to me, but I still don't need it for class yet. I am very thrilled about the wonderful condition of the book.
This books explores the impact of religion on gay youth through individual's short stories. Unfortunately it is quite repetitive in nature and the stories don't go into enough depth to make each one real interesting. It is however an important look at how destructive religion can be to the GLBT community.
A mental health crisis faces American teens right now--and it is one we can solve. Hundreds of thousands of gay teens face traumatic depression, fear, rejection, persecution, and isolation--usually alone. Studies show they are 190 percent more likely to used drugs or alcohol and four times more likely to attempt suicide. Homophobia and discrimination are at the heart of their pain. Love, support, and acceptance--all within our power to give--can save them.

This book is for: clergy, parents, educators, and politicians who cause harm with their words and actions; parents of gay teens; teens navigating this difficult time; and fair-minded people who want to help end the harm. Here are revealing stories by forty diverse Americans, some well known and some not, plus insights from straight clergy and parents explaining their support of gay people as whole human beings guaranteed equal rights by our Constitution.
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< Crisis: 40 Stories Revealing the Personal, Social, and Religious Pain and Trauma of Growing Up Gay in America > < For The Bible Tells Me So > < Jesus, the Bible, and Homosexuality, Revised and Expanded Edition: Explode the Myths, Heal the Church > < Milk > < Prayers for Bobby: A Mother's Coming to Terms with the Suicide of Her Gay Son > freaks

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< Black Feminist Thought : Knowledge, Consciousness, and the Politics of Empowerment (Perspectives on Gender) > < Ain't I a Woman: Black Women and Feminism > < Feminist Theory: From Margin to Center > < Black Sexual Politics: African Americans, Gender, and the New Racism > < Women, Race,&Class > < Sister Outsider: Essays and Speeches (Crossing Press Feminist Series) > P. Collins




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(You may also want to read....)

(A dense but accessible read)

(feminist thought and female chauvinist pigs)

(a great introduction to Black Feminist literature.....)

(Great Book for All People)
If you are looking for the conspiracy theory behind feminism, you may also want to read 'Cruel Hoax' by Henry Makow, PhD.

'Cruel Hoax : Feminism and the new world order' is a wake up call for women who blindly follow feminism and everybody else who think otherwise.
This book is dense with thoughts and ideas, written in a looping structure that weaves the vast diversity of black women's voices into a colorful tapestry of intricate detail and contradiction. This is its strength, and its weakness. Collins specifically avoids exclusivity, and this means she includes a few... well, "out there" thoughts from others. Most notably, she cites Tuan on p 139 who asserts that people go to zoos to see monkeys copulate. But this is an extreme, and very rare. More commonly, she grounds these diverse thoughts in real-world experiences. Most impressively, she makes the case that intellectual thought is not limited to the academy, but must include all those who think seriously about their lives. This means that groups - such as Black women - who have been historically excluded from the academy can rediscover their own intellectual traditions outside of academia, and tie them all together. I am glad that I read this book. It has many perspectives I simply was not aware of before I opened it. While I may not agree with all of Collins' assertions, I definitely respect them. It is a dense book, but the very structure of it makes it accessible through its layering technique. Further, Collins writes in a unadorned style that makes absorbing unfamiliar viewpoints all the easier.
The book were in excellent condition and did not take long to arrive at home earlier than expected.

I knew little about the Black Feminist movement, when I first read this book over four years ago. It was part of a list of required books for a Black and Indigenous women's course through the school of Women's Studies. This school of thought has more involved in it than meets the eye. For starters, according to the very compelling and highly researched studies of Patricia Hill Collins, it came about in the face of great discrimination against, not only, African-Americans and women, but especially African-American women. They were looked down upon and objectified, due to their race, the means in which many African-Americans were forceably brought to the United States, as slaves (fodder for wealthy, white slave owners in their fields and in their children's nurseries, as well as their kitchens).

What works so well in its book is the acute insight and detail that Collins brings to her body of work. This book is really beautifully put together, and we get a sense of the evolution of Black Feminist Thought, through time. It's unbelievable to me that not more people have heard of this book, and I really think a formal movement needs to be started in schools throughout the country, to bring interracial consciousness to the masses, through literature. Read this book today.
I'm a gay white male and I loved this book! Collins does an amazing job presenting her compelling thesis, and I continue to thank Sociology in general for being the most daring, critical-thinking academic discipline ever. It's no surprise sociologists like Collins dare to speak out on gay rights issues (see her section on homophobia/heterosexism) - sociology is the only area of thought that consistently questions the status quo. In a day in age where so many (though by no means all!) African-American (heterosexuals) are horribly anti-gay and increasingly pro-greed/pro-capitalism, Collins stands out as a heroine for all peoples. I am still waiting for an openly gay hip-hop artist!! How cool would that be? I recommend this book to absolutely anyone. Five stars!
In spite of the double burden of racial and gender discrimination, African-American women have developed a rich intellectual tradition that is not widely known. In "Black Feminist Thought" Patricia Hill Collins explores the words and ideas of black feminist intellectuals as well as those of African-American women outside academe. The result is a superbly crafted book that provides the first synthetic overview of black feminist thought. "Black Feminist Thought" , thoroughly documented and firmly grounded in sociological research, is interdisciplinary in approach. Set to become the definitive source on the subject, the book will be invaluable for anyone interested in the ongoing debates concerning the connections of race, class, and gender as major social systems.
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< Black Feminist Thought : Knowledge, Consciousness, and the Politics of Empowerment (Perspectives on Gender) > < Ain't I a Woman: Black Women and Feminism > < Feminist Theory: From Margin to Center > < Black Sexual Politics: African Americans, Gender, and the New Racism > < Women, Race,&Class > freaks

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< Myths Of Gender: Biological Theories About Women And Men, Revised Edition > < Sexing the Body: Gender Politics and the Construction of Sexuality > < The History of Sexuality, Vol. 1: An Introduction > < Gender Trouble: Feminism and the Subversion of Identity (Routledge Classics) > < Manhood in the Making: Cultural Concepts of Masculinity > < Undoing Gender > Anne Fausto-Sterling




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(4.5 Stars for Exposing the Flaws of the Constructs of Sex Differences)

(Worth Reading)

(myths exposed)

(read after brain sex to be de programmed)

(This book is a gem among the gender rubble)
I read the second edition of 1992. It includes 48 additional pages to the 1985 original: a preface; a new chapter on brain anatomy concerning sex differences and homosexuality; an afterword. The author explains that the book is imcomplete in so far as it does NOT include the topics women and depression, mothering instincts and transsexuality.

Instead she tackles most of all the questions of wether men are really smarter, genes and gender, hormonal hurricanes (menstruation, menopause, female behavior) and how women are put in their evolutionary place (by patriarchy).

The central theme is wether there is any scientific merit to the popular perceptions of the myriad sex differences. Anne Fausto-Sterling exposes various past sexist theories by patriarchal scientists, which the latter dropped as soon as they found out that on a closer, updated look, they would actually FAVOR women. Only to be replaced by new misogynous theories. The entire field of sociobiology is unmasked as an illusion.

I would like to mention though that races among humans are yet another illusion, as she uses this term all too often according to the times she was writing in.

You may be interested in the more elaborate complementing Mismeasure of Women: Why Women Are Not the Better Sex, the Inferior Sex, or the Opposite Sex. Also of interest are The Meanings of Sex Difference in the Middle Ages: Medicine, Science, and Culture (Cambridge Studies in the History of Medicine) and Nature's Body: Gender In The Making Of Modern Science.

PS: On societies with fathers doing a bulk of the child care read for example Intimate Fathers: The Nature and Context of Aka Pygmy Paternal Infant Care, for current lack of knowledge about a book of a (lost?) South American people, in which fathers do/did even more of the child care.
Anne Fausto-Sterling attempts to discredit a variety of studies purporting to show fixed biological differences between the sexes. She is not completely successful. It is obvious that plenty of what has been believed about human females has proved false with time but for me A F-S goes a little too far in the opposite direction. Much of the nature/nurture argument is impossible to prove either way and the input of both is probably more equal than A F-S will allow.

Some of her arguments are also weak or wrong such as her suggestion that Santo Domingo 'penis at twelve' people actually have a choice in 'becoming' male or that in some cultures males do the bulk of the childcare. She does, though, provide an important amount of exposure of conflicting evidence across many studies from verbal skills, math, spatial ability to brain differences and hormones.

An important point she makes is about how we choose to understand difference and what we want to do about it. We all know that if some difference is supposedly found in males then this will automatically be given high status regardless of what that difference is. This is what is at the root of much of the argument of this book and at the root of women trying to destroy difference. But it would be strange if evolution has not selected for different bodies and behaviors to better suit the different ways men and women have been able to achieve reproductive success. It is important not to avoid the biology just to avoid male bias and what male dominated culture has been able to impose in the past.

Also the author rightly reminds us how important it is to remember individual variation.

Worth reading to balance some of what is written in the opposite direction but ultimately the truth is nearer the middle-ground.

I was always puzzled when it came to these gender studies.
Anee Fausto Sterling tells us about how these studies are
subjective and misleading.How and why we find a continual stapple of books proclaiming 'innate sex differences".
From my own experiences,none of the sex difference books hold
water when it comes to the reality of everyday life.We see
such differences in individuals as to say it's not sex which
is the cause behind them.Everyone should read her book.It is
time to stop reinforcing sterotypes on people.
I read the book a few years ago and have ever since been helped
along the way as I wind myself down the path of endless
"sex difference" books.
I read it before I read "Brain Sex" so I wasn't at all able to
be programmed into a set of beliefs so common these days.
Gender studies are flawed,they involve the subjectivity of the
"researcher" and bias.If the "researcher finds a woman to
have a road map and blueprints in her mind,she's said to have
been exposed to male hormones,as though a woman cannot have these
gifts without being somehow a "misfit" according to most
"researchers".And what of the man who has great writing and
memory but poor spatial and math ability? He is neating fitted
into a catagory of male who was exposed to female hormones.
Anyway the writer debunks these myths with straightforward
writing and objective conclusions to confusing answers other
writers come up with to explain a man with a female brain and
a woman with a male brain.
The "researchers" have assigned a very narrow set of abilities
to males and females,and they use the hormone theory to
perperuate it.
Hormones are cousins,and esrtogen,androgens,testostrone,progestrone are found in both
sexes and in individual amounts.This in turn gives little
truth to the notion of hormones playing a part in male or female
brain wiring.
Brains are not fixed,a spatial brain can be in a female and
a verbal in a male.
Read the book and find out how subjective and bias gender
research actually is.
I'm not surprized that more people haven't read this book,because it gives the human being a maze of possiblities and HUMAN potential not limited by gender,which maybe to frightening for the Mars and Venused public to accept,since it leaves the door wide open for limitless potential and variations among persons atributed to individuality and not gender. I found other gender related books to be very limiting,which lead me to take some tests on spatial and verbal ability,let's just say,under the narrow Brain Sex mode,I would have a completely male brain in a female body!..after my test,my suspicions increased and I did some further reading and found this book. The writer explains how researchers may not be entirely ojective, how you cannot in any way base all gender behavior on a limited amount of subjects,since we of course have over a billion persons roaming the planet with many different individual abilites,and how there is an agenda against women's advancement in science and math,which of course demand sound logic and spatial reasoning. Expand your possibities,get the gender limits off your minds, and soar!
By carefully examining the biological, genetic, evolutionary, and psychological evidence, a noted biologist finds a shocking lack of substance behind ideas about biologically-based sex differences.
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< Myths Of Gender: Biological Theories About Women And Men, Revised Edition > < Sexing the Body: Gender Politics and the Construction of Sexuality > < The History of Sexuality, Vol. 1: An Introduction > < Gender Trouble: Feminism and the Subversion of Identity (Routledge Classics) > < Manhood in the Making: Cultural Concepts of Masculinity > freaks

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< Broken Image, The: Restoring Personal Wholeness through Healing Prayer > < Crisis in Masculinity > < The Healing Presence: Curing the Soul Through Union with Christ > < Restoring the Christian Soul: Overcoming Barriers to Completion in Christ through Healing Prayer > < Listening Prayer: Learning to Hear God's Voice and Keep a Prayer Journal > < Heaven's Calling: A Memoir of One Soul's Steep Ascent > Leanne Payne




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(Guilt! Guilt! Guilt! And More Guilt!)

(PRACTICAL Help on how to invite the POWER of God to HEAL)

(Good Integration of Theology and Theory)

(Great for Homosexual who tries so hard to follow JesusChrist)

(Religious Right Flim-Flam)
This is one of the most poorly written books I have read in recent times. From its tortured grammer to its flawed psychology, all it peddles is guilt and self loathing despite anything the author may say to the contrary. Sexual drive, fantasies and masterbation (yes, Mrs Payne, even after puberty!) are normal biological responses. Many people have fantasies about homosexual sex, but never act them out, and have no real desire to act them out. This is not something to thrash oneself over, even as a Christian. The two main case studies in this book involve people who are suffering, not because of homosexuality but because of parental neglect and abuse. Mrs Payne and her ilk need to realise the two are, more often than not, unrelated. She constantly confuses sexuality with degrees of masculinity and femininity. Homosexuals are no more likely to be sterotypically feminine or masculine than heterosexual men and women. I'm sure some people can change their sexual orientation for whatever reason but just as some people are 'hard wired' as exclusively heterosexual, some people are also wired to be excluively homosexual and no amount of prayer, guilt or 'tough love' will change that. It will just result in one very angry, damaged and often suicidal person, not to mention broken marriages, confused and hurt spouses and distressed children. Hardly the desired outcome. All I learned from this book is that Christian guilt and the shame associated with not living up to the standards of one's peers are far more destrutive to the human psyche and spirit than the so called 'condition' of homosexuality.
Book about inviting Jesus to do it and to show you what your real need is (i.e. comfort, love, security, a hug, to be held, to be affirmed, etc.) and learning how to "hear" what He is saying and see what He is doing. A little heady reading, but well worth the seeing what its about.

I now have HOPE too because Jesus helped me with my battles with lesbianism and continues to help me- now He's helping me with my anger and frustration that I sometimes display with my children. But you know what?- Jesus is there to help me, to help you through anything whether it's homosexuality or whether its through anger or whether it's through problems with... well, you fill in the blank. He just promises to be there to help because the Bible says that Jesus "came to seek and save what was lost." (Luke 19:10). You ever feel lost? I know I have and I have been so amazed at this Jesus who never gave up and never gives up on me even when I have and think He should. There really is HOPE, my friend. The sadness and always pursuing in other women what I wanted from my mom is and what I wanted to see in me is just engulfing and never satiated or satisfied when I go at it with this route. I just felt like I only hungered for more and more versus ever feeling truly met. Well, now Jesus is teaching me a peace about myself (get that!- too cool as at one point I would never have imagined it) and more and more about sweet friendships and loving women in a deeper way than I ever could before. He's also letting me be loved in a deeper way than I've known before too- Jesus just blows me away. Take care, my precious fellow traveler. I hope you find rest along the way too.
Leanne Payne's book brings together the classical views of both orthodox theology believed through the centuries about sexuality and the Healing Power of Christ (see writings of Patristic Fathers such as Irenaeus, St. Basil, Gregory of Nyssa and Gregory Nazianzus) as well as psychoanalytic theory predominantly accepted before the removal of Homosexuality from the DSM III (and still developed by practioners today such as Nicolosi and Socarides, among others). Those who are of the more recent Gay Affirmative persuasion (i.e. the last 20 years or so) and who espouse the complete impossibility of change or reorientation for those whose values are in conflict with their sexual attractions will disagree with this and may have many vitriolic epithets and accusations for theologians and theorists of the same persuasion as this book. But the theoretical and theological basis of Payne's writings resonate with a broad spectrum of theologians such as Joseph Pieper, Thomas Aquinas, and Donald Bloesch, and with psychological theories drawn from both psychoanalytic and developmental perspectives such as Object Relations and Logos Therapy. As she is coming from a purely Christian worldview, she promotes the transforming and healing power of God through the redemptive work of Jesus in his incarnation, life, death and resurrection. For those who are not espousing this worldview, they may find those aspects of her work objectionable. And for those who espouse some sort of christian worldview that embraces homosexuality as normal and part of God's design, objections may also be strong and passionate. But in a truly tolerant and multi-cultural society, there must be room to agree to disagree, and within that mileu, Payne's work deserves as good a hearing as any soundly researched and founded work would, however particularly founded and researched it is on certain pervasive worldviews and perspectives within the multitude of alternate ones existing in our culture today.
I was a lesbian (homosexual) but got saved through the salvations of Jesus Christ. This book will teach you how to (lead people or yourself) pray and bring the great inner-soul healing and peace for any hardship and hurt that once were hidden so deep in the soul in the past and no one can retrieve it, not even psychologists. Great book, touches my heart and my soul, and help me to get out the homosexuality with a full peaceful heart and totally renewal life.
As a licensed psychotherapist it is disturbing to see that "christian" writers must attempt to vilify homosexuality in the name of "love." Bigotry and lack of scientific evidence wrapped in the Bible is still bigotry. What all believers in "reparative therapy" (disavowed by the APA and the overwhelming majority of mental health professionals) cannot grasp is that behavior does not equal identity. Certainly heterosexuality is not defined only by it's erotic states. This "old shoe" theory of a maladaptive relationship with the father simply doesn't hold water in scientific studies. Also of note, is the "relapse" of the notable names in reparative therapy, (John Paulk among others.) Mainstream mental health professionals (heathens to the likes of Ms. Payne) believe that anyone can temporarily change sexual behavior, bisexuals for example. But behavior change does not equal identity change. Promoting that it does, is the big lie of christian counseling. (...)Payne and her ilk, (dispite growing evidence to the contrary) refuse to even consider the possibility that God created homosexuals. This does not fit into the evangelical rigid black and white thinking. Sadly, the clients I see have been tortured by this "Christian love", and are seeking a real path to heightened self-esteem through acceptance of themselves exactly as they are.
What a relief to find a writer who brings psychological needs under the power of the cross of Christ. This is a book full of hope for the homosexual, but with far wider implications for all of us. A book about redemption.--Elisabeth Elliot.
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< Broken Image, The: Restoring Personal Wholeness through Healing Prayer > < Crisis in Masculinity > < The Healing Presence: Curing the Soul Through Union with Christ > < Restoring the Christian Soul: Overcoming Barriers to Completion in Christ through Healing Prayer > < Listening Prayer: Learning to Hear God's Voice and Keep a Prayer Journal > freaks

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< The End of Innocence: A Memoir > < Family Outing: A Guide to the Coming-Out Process for Gays, Lesbians,&Their Families > < The Truth Is . . .: My Life in Love and Music > < Prairie Tale: A Memoir > < Love, Ellen: A Mother/Daughter Journey > < Audition (Vintage) > Chastity Bono,Michele Kort




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(It's her life...)

(check your expectations at the door)

(Left much to be desired)

(Boring.....)

(Way Too Much Information)
No better way to find out who Chastity Bono is than to read her story in her own words, written in her own way. It's not sugar coated and painted as a pretty picture. It doesn't focus on her Mother, and her life wasn't a fairy tail sort of life. Hers was a life full of struggles. A major one her relationship with Joan. Anyone else ever take care of someone with a terminal ilness? All when she was very young. The cancer patient gets the Morphine to dull their pain, and the shot to help them sleep, but their friend in the cot next to them gets nothing to dull their pain and fears, and nothing to help them through their many sleepless nights. At home, they give the shots and clean the bed sheets. The sad part is many do not get so much as a thank you, and the patient gets the flowers. That is not meant to take away from the patients suffering. But, what her book brings out is the fact that many times the care takers and loved ones are suffering because it is a hard and emotionally draining job, and for them there is no relief.

How else to give you a sense of who she was, other than to tell exactly what she was going through and how she felt, and ultimatly how she dealt with it all. It is not a feel good book. It's just an honest story and a quick read.
I think the only thing that could ruin this book is wrong expectations. I came into it thinking "Ooh a book by Cher's daughter! Cher is God so I should read it!" and when I found out it was about her lover Joan's battle with cancer I was like, "Aw, sad! This is gonna be depressing!"

neither expectation proved true!

By the end of the book I not only did I have a deep respect for Chastity Bono as her own person, not just Cher's daughter, but I was deeply inspired by the story and life of Joan! The book is really a very inspiring tale of love and life and everday, universal struggles (despite the fact its mainly about fame, the music industry, battles with cancer, and the struggles of lesbians). Its really a very triumphant book whose only fault is the fact that it was written by someone so young so the ending comes all too soon. I hope for a sequel!
I thought by reading this book, I could learn something from the journey Chastity has taken thru life. However, not much to learn here. Although I admire her love for Joan, there wasn't much to take away except the sense that I may have wasted my time and money.
I was really excited about reading about Cher's sexcapades over the years, all the men, all the wild times, to get to know the real woman who is the diva we all know as Cher. Who better to tell it than her daughter? All the reviews here talked about Chastity's "honesty." What a bust! Chastity was honest all right, honest about her own boring life. Who cares! There was hardly any content on Cher at all. At least she could have tossed in some Greg Allman stuff, or a few tid-bits on Rob Camiletti a/k/a the Bagel Boy. No! Not a word! All it was was some boring tale about Chastity's life as a lesbian. Sorry, that holds no interest for me. If you don't have any interest in Cher, this book is for you. Otherwise, stay away!
i was so depressed closing this book it was unreal. i found her honesty admirable, but i also found too subtle and not so subtle self pity in most of her narrative of situations....the book was or could be somewhat confusing, and overwhelming, with the doe si doe recital of the lesbian history starting from her grandmothers time. chastity bono was a young woman, yes, but talk about a stunted childhood, or slow on the uptake maturing....she constantly put one girls needs (manipulations) before her own and let it affect her relationship with her true love, and she was just unanchored, flailing, weak. also, the graphic descriptions of joans illness? please, way too much information. horrible. real, yes. reality, sure, but did we need to hear explicit descriptions of every tube, every failing orifice, to get the points? NO WAY. perhaps being a breast cancer survivor colored my reaction to her detailed account of joans physical deterioration, but i found it very sad she felt it had to be that graphic. honesty is honesty but c'mon, couldn't she let the love of her life keep ANY of her DIGNITY even in death? NO. i felt she wrote all this just to show what SHE suffered through with joans suffering of cancer... i sure won't buy her 3rd book about her drug use. and am glad i got this copy of "loss of.....
total empathetic descretion".... for less than original price.

For the first time, Chastity Bono shares the moving story of her early adulthood: how her traumatic tabloid outing as the openly gay daughter of Sonny and Cher threatened her burgeoning musical career, and how her first true love was taken from her by cancer. At an early age, Chastity survived challenges many of us never face. A story of love won and lost, of dreams fulfilled and destroyed,The End of Innocenceis a coming-of-age story that provides a deeply personal look into the private struggles of a very public and courageous woman.

Chastity Bono was first known as the daughter of Sonny Bono and Cher, when she made appearances on her parents' TV show,The Sonny and Cher Comedy Hour. She established her own identity after coming out on the cover of The Advocate in 1995 and went on to become a reporter for the magazine. Since then, she's worked as the 1996 National Coming Out Project's spokesperson for the HRC. From 1997 to 1998, she was the Entertainment -Media Director for GLAAD. She is also the author of the bestsellingFamily Outingand continues to lecture around the country.

Michele Kortis an award-winning journalist whose writing has appeared in theLos Angeles Times Magazine, L.A. Weekly, Shape, Redbook, SelfandThe Advocate. A Los Angeles resident, she is also the author ofSoul Picnic: The Music and Passion of Laura Nyro.

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< The End of Innocence: A Memoir > < Family Outing: A Guide to the Coming-Out Process for Gays, Lesbians,&Their Families > < The Truth Is . . .: My Life in Love and Music > < Prairie Tale: A Memoir > < Love, Ellen: A Mother/Daughter Journey > freaks

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customer 's review
(good illustrations - bad story)

(I liked it, others might not)
I bought this novel because I'm a big fan of the mangaka illustrator... But the novel in itself is not extraordinary.... quite boring in fact..
I liked and didn't like some of the things that occurred in this novel. Some may not like it at all. After mistakenly promising Hodaka that he would "be his for the rest of the night" if he lost at pool, he thinks that Hodaka means him to be some type of cleaner or maybe do research. As readers we know exactly where Hodaka is going but confused Sakurai agrees. After losing (big surprise), Hodaka tells Sakurai to shower and go to his bedroom. At this point Sakurai gets some clue but is still confused. This is where some may not like the story any further because Hodaka forces himself on Sakurai. Again big surprise Sakurai finds he is enjoying it all the while berating himself and Hodaka for doing this to him. The rest of the novel and Sakurai soul searching and wondering about his feelings not only for Hodaka but also his fiancée. It goes on and on. I liked the s*x scenes. They were well described. I also like the illustrations which came at the appropriate times throughout. There were a few confusing moments when going from on scene to another which I didn't like.
"I want you more and more,"the man whispered, close enough that his breath brushed Toya's ears. His voice was fascinating and deceptive, sweet enough to intoxicate.

Toya Sakurai has always wanted to get his hands on Kai Hodaka's books before anyone else, so when he is assigned to be the bestselling author's editor, it seems like a dream come true. Kai Hodaka, with a slick face and a sinful voice, is the subject of numerous rumors and gossip, but Toya is more intrigued by the glimpses he sees of the real man behind the stories: quiet, insightful, and with a hidden kindness to him.

So when Hodaka makes a shocking proposal, Toya almost can't believe it: Toya's body, in exchange for Hodaka's manuscript. It begins as a simple business arrangement, but under Hodaka's skillful touch, Toya's defenses crumble, and his simple life begins to spin wildly out of control, leaving him yearning for more.

Enigmatic author...morally bankrupt celebrity...which is the real Kai Hodaka, and will Toya find out before he loses himself entirely?
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