I received this book at the annual ALA nference Las Vegas this summer. Goodreads Summary: As a child, Jon tried sperately to be his father’s versn of the all-Amerin boy, nyg his gayns a futile attempt to earn the love and rpect of an abive man. Wh this he built a ep, ternalized…
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BOOK REVIEW: ‘MY THNG YEARS: STARVG THE GAY WH’
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Jon Derek Crote brgs a heady mixture of raw emotn, pathos, and humor to his powerful journey om self-hatred and punishment to self-affirmatn and healg as a gay man My Thng a child, Jon tried sperately to be his father’s versn of the all-Amerin boy, nyg his gayns a futile attempt to earn the love and rpect of an abive man. Wh this he built a ep, ternalized homophobia that ma him want to disappear rather than live wh the tth about himself. Killacky, the executive director of the Flynn Center for the Performg my generatn, gay boys and their daddi had plited relatnships.
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There was no one else that shared my secret, at least that’s what I thought, until are many poignant parallels for me Jon Derek Crote’s betifully crafted memoir of survivg an abive father and overg his own anorexia and ternalized homophobia. Crote’s urageo tellg of his arduo journey toward self-lovg and acceptance is pecially pertent for so many gay men disenanchised om their fai of orig. Jon Derek Crote brgs a heady mixture of raw emotn, pathos, and humor to his powerful journey om self-hatred and punishment to self-affirmatn and healg as a gay man My Thng Years.
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As a child, Jon tried sperately to be his father’s versn of the all-Amerin boy, nyg his gayns a futile attempt to earn the love and rpect of an abive man. We learn how an extremely talented young man repeatedly torments himself to anorexic and dangero pulsive behavr to avoid his homosexualy. " The language of this book is almost nversatnal helpg to draw the rear to his is an engagg, although often sad memoir of his stggle wh homosexualy.
Growg up gay a homophobic environment do more damage to a young person's soul than words n exprs.
As a child, Jon tried sperately to be his father's versn of the all-Amerin boy, nyg his gayns a futile attempt to earn the love and rpect of an abive man. 46Full Tle:My Thng Years: Starvg the Gay WhEdn:1st ednISBN-13:978-1616495091Format:Paperback/softbackPublisher:Hazeln Publishg (8/5/2014)Copyright:2014Dimensns:5.
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Published by Hazeln Derek Crote brgs a heady mixture of raw emotn, pathos, and humor to his powerful journey om self-hatred and punishment to self-affirmatn and healg as a gay man My Thng a child, Jon tried sperately to be his father’s versn of the all-Amerin boy, nyg his gayns a futile attempt to earn the love and rpect of an abive man. Crote’s urageo disclosure of his arduo journey toward self-acceptance is pecially relevant for many gay men who have been disenanchised om their fai of orig. ”--John Killacky, The Gay and Lbian Review Worldwi” I nceled plans to fish this book, and you will, too.
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”--Betsy Lerner, thor of Food and Loathg My Thng Years is an emotnal journey through Jon Derek Crote’s stggle wh eatg disorrs and acceptg his inty as a gay man. I would fely remend this book"--Knowg the Difference Blog"My Thng Years: Starvg the Gay Wh is a pellg memoir and is wonrful to see the evolutn of a life of pa transformed to a life of honty and purpose.
My Thng Years is a thoroughly engagg, touchg, and sometim funny memoir, which prents a portra of a sensive and gifted young man growg up wh a quick-tempered, abive, and homophobic 's story is grippg, hont, and well-wrten, and 's also a hopeful, spirg story about succs. Gaynor Prize Fund at Boston Universy, and is an advote for The Trevor Project’s, Friends of Trevor. His groundbreakg, Amazon # 1 bt sellg memoir, My Thng Years: Starvg the Gay Wh, was published by Hazeln Publishg September, 2014 and s theme song, Someplace, which he wrote, is available on iTun.