The Day I Stopped Being Pretty

The Day I Stopped Being Pretty
Автор
 
Год
 
Страниц
 
224
ISBN
 
1593091230
Издатель
 
Strebor Books
Категория
 
Новые поступления. Здоровье и семья

Содержание:

Петербургские шарманщики, Деревня, Антон-Горемыка, Бобыль, Капельмейстер Сусликов, Пахатник и бархатник, Гуттаперчевый мальчик, Переселенцы

Описание:

The Day I Stopped Being Pretty, chronicles the life of a young, black gay male who awakes and finds himself in the emergency room after a failed suicide attempt. After regaining consciousness, he begins to reflect on the events of his life that led him to attempting to take his life. His story is told in gritty and raw flashback, focusing on the men who shaped him into the man he has become, beginning with the first man he ever loved, his father. His story addresses, the discovery of his burgeoning sexuality, his life filled with low-self esteem, which leads him to seek love in the arms of many to compensate for the love he never received from his father. During the course of his life, we see his battle with substance abuse, physical abuse and sexual activities that lead to his eventual HIV diagnosis. After he shares the path that led him to his own self-destruction, he realizes in the face of death, the love that he has sought in many others, has always been in the...

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