A Boy Named Phyllis: A Suburban Memoir
| Author | : | |
| Rating | : | 4.85 (688 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0670867187 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 240 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2014-02-26 |
| Language | : | English |
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"The one gay memoir which is both touching AND funny" according to A Customer. I, like Frank DeCaro, am from Northern New Jersey, and chuckled at the details of his reminiscences (as could anyone, I believe, from New Jersey, or who is gay, or Italian, or who grew up in the 60s and 70s. And isn't that all of us? :)But the most remarkable thing about the book as a gay man's memoir (and I have read quite a few) is that you don't hit that point two-thirds of the way through where you start a tragic descent into a personal battle with AIDS (that, of course, has been done masterfully before anyway, for example by Paul Monette.)Instead, the book, which i. "Had me laughing my lips off and left me wanting for more" according to A Customer. Frank Decaro explores all of the many issues that every gay man deals with while coming to terms with his own sexual orientation, but he injects humor into some of the most serious of situations and has you laughing 'til you're crying. Every queer in America will identify with Frank's family members and will remember experiencing some of the same feelings -- from the first time that you "touched yourself" to the first time you kissed another boy (and more).I thoroughly enjoyed this book and his style of writing. The only disappointment was turning the page, realizing th. "Humorous quick read" according to A Customer. Several times when reading this book of reminiscences by a man who escaped uniform suburbia to become an openly gay New York writer, I laughed out loud. I appreciate any book that can inspire a reader to do that; the author has a very funny, succinct writing style. I also appreciate books about people who are other than "mainstream," so I mostly enjoyed this one. However, as a heterosexual female, I didn't appreciate the writer's graphic descriptions of just what he likes (or liked as a teenager) to do with his male partners. When readers are trying to broaden their min
Pufnstuf to one of the film The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert, DeCaro's memoir of growing up gay in an Italian Catholic family in Little Falls, N.J., sweetly and vividly recalls the bonds and breaches of parent-child relationships, a theme that provides the backdrop to his anecdotal chronicle of childhood tormentors and of recognizing, accepting and eventually celebrating his difference. All this is revealed in ironic turns of phrase, deadpan wit and pinpoint characterization, sparing not his mother:
25,000 first printing. $20,000 ad/promo. A witty memoir of growing up and coming of age in the suburbs details the trials and tribulations of being an only child, a little pudgy, and gay among the working-class Italians of Little Falls, New Jersey. Tour.