What Becomes of the Brokenhearted: A Memoir
| Author | : | |
| Rating | : | 4.76 (514 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0385495064 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 288 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2014-10-25 |
| Language | : | English |
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The lessons I have learned are not limited to race, gender, or sexual orientation. Anyone can overcome a broken heart.”--E. Anyone can learn from my journey. Lynn Harris. I think there is a message here for anyone who has ever suffered from a lack of self-esteem, felt the pain of loneliness, or sought love in all the wrong places. “In many ways writing saved my life. Truth is a powerful tool.“But my hope for this book doesn’t stop there. It’s my hope that sharing my experience will give hope to others who are learning to deal with their “difference.” I want them to know they don’t have to live their lives in a permanent “don’t ask, don’t tell” existence
GUT-WRENCHING.HEARTBREAKING Fans of the "E" Man (as I call him) are allowed into the personal life of this wonderful author and man.difficult to read at times, this is a very emotional story of the difficulties facing men, specifically Black men, who are gay in a world that offers up enough obstacles to those who are straight.I have long been a fan of E. Lynn Harris, and I will admit to some disappointment when I found that his newest work was an autobiography; ironically, he even makes reference in the book to the fact that many of his fans ma. "Lynn, You're The Best" according to Myrtle A. McDonald. As with his novels, the writing was superb. I read this book with tears in my eyes. I often wonder why the most talented people suffer such terrible lives. E. Lynn wrote this book with the same compassion that he writes his novels. I look forward to each new novel that he puts out. He is truly a talented writer. Buy this book. You won't be disappointed.. The brokenhearted can survive, dream, and move on In an emotional, heart-pulling introduction and first chapter, we are given an in-depth look into the real world of E. Lynn Harris, not the glamorized life many of his fans will assume that he's led. WHAT BECOMES OF THE BROKENHEARTED is the highly acclaimed and much anticipated release of the summer. It's a tell-all on the life of an award-winning author who started out self-publishing and has continuously reached new heights writing about relationships between gay and bi-sexual men. We are now able to find out more
Readers of Harris's novels should be surprised at how far from charmed his life was, compared to the troubled but ultimately blissful lives of his fictional characters. His struggle to find love as an African-American Southern man led to a series of disappointing relationships that taxed Harris's tenderhearted, affectionate nature. Although he suffers traumas and frustrations as a child, Harris's love life is most heartbreaking. He tells this part of his story with such simplicity and straightforwardness, it seems distilled, stripped down to its barest elements until only the clearest emotions remain. From Publishers Weekly With his bestselling novels (And This Too Shall Pass; Abide with Me; etc.) Harris has carved out a niche as a writer of jaunty books with melodramatic plots, usually centering on gay or bisexual black men with riches and rippling biceps. From this beginning, Harris goes back to his birth in 1955 and proceeds chronological