Becoming a Man: Half a Life Story by Kathryn Harrison, Paul Monette

Becoming a Man: Half a Life Story

Kathryn Harrison, Paul Monette

304 pages first pub 1992 (editions)

nonfiction lgbtqia+ memoir emotional reflective slow-paced

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A child of the 1950s from a small New England town, "perfect Paul" earns straight A's and shines in social and literary pursuits, all the while keeping a secret -- from himself and the rest of the world. Struggling to be, or at least to imitate, a...

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