The Big Book of Misunderstanding - Hardcover

Gladstone, Jim

3.6

25 ratings by Goodreads

9781560233831: The Big Book of Misunderstanding

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1560233834 ISBN 13: 9781560233831

Publisher: Haworth Press, 2002

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Joshua Royalton navigates his difficult childhood, his high school years, and early adulthood, as he discovers he is gay, contemplates suicide, and comes out to his parents.

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"A sharp book... Traces a young man's journey to self-sensitivity with hilarious and painful turns along the way." - Mike Albo, author of Hornito: My Lie Life; "The most evocative writing about childhood that I have come across." - Joseph Olshan, author of Nightswimmer and Clara's Heart

About the Author:

Jim Gladstone, a creative consultant and writer, has written wide-ranging cultural commentary and criticism that has appeared in publications including The New York Times Book Review, SPIN, Lambda Book Report and a host of major daily newspapers. With a past that includes stints as a devoted bookseller, library staff member, radio commentator and leotard-clad Playboy Club dancer, he currently resides in Philadelphia and Paris.

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