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Lädt ... Logical Family: A Memoir (2017)von Armistead Maupin
  
Keine Keine aktuelle Diskussion zu diesem Buch.  caedocyon | Feb 23, 2024 |   This book is unabashedly, gloriously namedropp-y (the clickbait title would be, "You'll Never Guess Which North Carolina Conservative was Armistead Maupin's First Boss"). Yet Maupin delivers a book with as much substance as gossip, a romping narrative that has a lot to say about Southern, and American, identity. The audiobook is read by the author, and beautifully so. I'll have to keep an eye out for book signings in this area; I'd love to meet him. Now if only I can find a time machine that can take me back to 1970s San Francisco.... (  ) raschneid | Dec 19, 2023 | GordonPrescottWiener | Aug 24, 2023 | ) jenmanullang | Jun 14, 2023 | Even so, to have the chance to hear him tell these stories in his own words, in his own voice, was quite special. Maupin has an uplifting and affirming way of writing, that is so accessible and so pleasant to read. It that style coupled with his sincerity and honesty that captured readers from the initial serialized stories in the San Francisco Chronicle, and that made all of his Tales books such a joy to read. Like many gay men of my age these books hold a special place in my heart and bring back many memories of my own coming out and my life journey since. That sincere, honest, pleasant style carries through here to the stories of his own life. I can't recommend this one enough - best in audiobook format. ( ) stevesbookstuff | Dec 30, 2022 |
 Logical Family, like all of Maupin’s books, is best read quickly, and just once. That’s entertainment. Bemerkenswerte Listen
Biography & Autobiography.
LGBTQIA+ (Nonfiction.)
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HTML: "A book for any of us, gay or straight, who have had to find our family. Maupin is one of America's finest storytellers, and the story of his life is a story as fascinating, as delightful and as compulsive as any of the tales he has made up for us."??Neil Gaiman "I fell in love with Maupin's effervescent Tales of the City decades ago, and his genius turn at memoir is no less compelling. Logical Family is a must read."??Mary Karr In this long-awaited memoir, the beloved author of the bestselling Tales of the City series chronicles his odyssey from the old South to freewheeling San Francisco, and his evolution from curious youth to ground-breaking writer and gay rights pioneer. Also included is an exclusive conversation between Maupin and bestselling author Neil Gaiman. Armistead Maupin was born in the mid-twentieth century and raised in the heart of conservative North Carolina, Armistead Maupin lost his virginity to another man "on the very spot where the first shots of the Civil War were fired." Realizing that the South was too small for him, this son of a traditional lawyer packed his earthly belongings into his Opel GT (including a beloved portrait of a Confederate ancestor), and took to the road in search of adventure. It was a journey that would lead him from a homoerotic Navy initiation ceremony in the jungles of Vietnam to that strangest of strange lands: San Francisco in the early 1970s. Reflecting on the profound impact those closest to him have had on his life, Maupin shares his candid search for his "logical family," the people he could call his own. "Sooner or later, we have to venture beyond our biological family to find our logical one, the one that actually makes sense for us," he writes. "We have to, if we are to live without squandering our lives." From his loving relationship with his palm-reading Grannie who insisted Maupin was the reincarnation of her artistic bachelor cousin, Curtis, to an awkward conversation about girls with President Richard Nixon in the Oval Office, Maupin tells of the extraordinary individuals and situations that shaped him into one of the most influential writers of the last century. Maupin recalls his losses and life-changing experiences with humor and unflinching honesty, and brings to life flesh-and-blood characters as endearing and unforgettable as the vivid, fraught men and women who populate his enchanting novels. What emerges is an illuminating portrait of the man who depicted the liberation and evolution of America's queer community over the last four decades with honesty and compassion??and inspired millions to claim their own li Keine Bibliotheksbeschreibungen gefunden. |
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I'm not certain if the gory details of how racist his parents and family were, and how he was when growing up (into his twenties), are productive? Slurs abound. Like, Armistead, I think you're trying to be honest and transparent about where you came from and what you used to believe, but did you ever have a black character in Tales or no? And the (literal) bed built by the enslaved people your ancestors owned, you still sleep comfortably in it? (