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Becoming a Man: Half a Life Story.
by Paul Monette
- Used
- very good
- Paperback
- Condition
- Very Good
- ISBN 10
- 0062507249
- ISBN 13
- 9780062507242
- Seller
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About This Item
Harper San Francisco, 1993. Ex-Library. Trade Paperback. Very Good. GREAT BOOK! NO SPINE CREASES & MODERATE WEAR ON LAMINATED COVER. A FEW LIBRARY STAMPS, NO MARKINGS IN TEXT. Description: Both a coming-of-age and a coming-out story, this memoir by Paul Monette (1945-1995) tells about what he considered his "wasted years"--the years before he met the man who would become his long-term lover, and before he came out as a homosexual. The author discusses the pain of being a closeted homosexual, and of AIDS, which claimed the lives of many of his friends. Though the story follows the usual autobiography format, describing his early life, family, education, and later life, the writing is infused with a sense of the political, and the author's anger clearly comes through.
Synopsis
Paul Monette shares his story as a man growing up gay in the traditional tidy suburbs, schools, and universities of the 1960s and 70s. It covers the first portion of his life, leading up to coming out of the closet, meeting his lover, and their diagnoses and struggles in dealing with AIDS. National Book Award for Nonfiction (1992)
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- Seller
- Cuyahoga Valley Book Company (US)
- Seller's Inventory #
- 15108
- Title
- Becoming a Man: Half a Life Story.
- Author
- Paul Monette
- Format/Binding
- Trade Paperback
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Edition
- Ex-Library
- Binding
- Paperback
- ISBN 10
- 0062507249
- ISBN 13
- 9780062507242
- Publisher
- Harper San Francisco
- Place of Publication
- New York, New York, U.s.a.
- Date Published
- 1993
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