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THE GAY DIVORCEE
* the gay divorcee book *
GenrLGBTFictnRomanceQueerGay282 pag, PaperbackFirst published June 23, 2009About the thorRatgs & ReviewsFriends & Followg Communy ReviewsDisplayg 1 - 17 of 17 reviews145 reviews98 followersJuly 6, 2012I thought was fun and gave me a glimpse of the gay men's scene (which is not the same as the lbian scene). ) which is que upliftg after all the drama the gay world. It didn't seem to make a big al of the gay characters; their relatnships were no different than if they book had been about purely straight characters and I really liked that.
THE GAY DIVORCEE (38 RULTS)
Seeg his character ma the book seem so real, knowg there are money gbbg gay men out there. The gay scene liftyle that is scribed, wh s massive dg e, overwhelmg foc on physil appearanc, and a certa amount of sual sex, was very different om a straight romance, but I was fe wh that. The thor tells too much too soon and miss almost every opportuny to make a drama out of a crisis (not livg up to the gay stereotype there!
In the se of Hazel's mother, who's very homophobic, this bothered me, as 's not somethg I enjoy readg about.. There's an tertg tensn and ntrast between London's Soho and Wal, some wonrfully lourful scriptns of the gay scene London, brilliant, cuttg humour and some lovely fast-movg wrg. And vers a range of relatnships, mother/dghter, mother/son, father/dghter, bt iends, gay partners and all kds of sual acquatanc.
THE GAY DIVORCEE
Lgbt87 reviews1 followerMay 29, 2016An enjoyable, sometim very predictable, soapy romp through the termably bchy, drk and dg fuelled liv and scene of a handful of London gay liv. Pl Burston of urse knows his stuff but do rerce a ton of stereotyp and rerc how glad I am that I was always a homo on the g of the scene and never wh .
I'll leave here for my mum to Gay Divorcee843 reviews18 followersReadSeptember 4, 2011Chikl for boys. Based on the mil The Gay Divorce, book by Dwight Taylor, mil adaptatn by Kenh Webb and Samuel Hoffenste, mic and lyrics by Cole Porter (New York, 29 Nov 1932). A classic pairg of one of the Hollywood mil's most famo upl, The Gay Divorcee (1934) was the send film team-up of Fred Astaire and Gger Rogers and follows the tratg efforts of Amerin dancer Guy Holn (Astaire) to woo an unhappily married woman, Mimi Glossop (Rogers), who's the procs of divorcg her adbeat hband.
The batn of smashg mil numbers and loopy ic cint The Gay Divorcee is bt exemplified by the film's openg number ("Don't Let It Bother You") at a Paris nightclub floorshow, where a bevy of betiful dam on a rotatg stage make ty lady hand puppets dance chos le synchronizatn. Other dance numbers The Gay Divorcee prove more reprentative of the magic Astaire/Rogers touch. Meant to palize on their succs wh Flyg Down to R (1933), The Gay Divorcee was the first time the team's ne llaboratns that they received top billg after havg only sendary rol R.