FAMILY OUTING

Bono, Chastity with Billie Fitzpatrick

ISBN 10: 0316102334 / ISBN 13: 9780316102339

Published by little brown 1998, 1998

About this Item

1ST EDITION/1ST PRINTING STATED hardback book VERY GOOD/Dustjacket VERY GOOD in Brodart Cover SIGNED on the FULL title page by author/Sonny & Cher's daughter CHASTITY BONO.

Seller Inventory # 5492

Bibliographic Details

• Title: FAMILY OUTING
• Publisher: little brown 1998
• Publication Date: 1998
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0316102334
• ISBN 13: 9780316102339
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: 1st Edition
• Condition: Very Good
• Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good
• Signed: Signed by Author(s)
• Seller catalogs:
  • SIGNED NON FICTION BIOS
  • SIGNED NON FICTION CELEBRITY

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Synopsis

From Chastity Bono, daughter of Sonny & Cher, heroine of the gay community: the first comprehensive guide to the coming-out process from the perspective of both gays & lesbians & their parents.

Review

Family Outing is two books in one: a memoir of Chastity Bono's experience coming out as a lesbian to her famous parents and a look at the difficulties and triumphs that are part of every uncloseted homosexual's family life, with narratives drawn from interviews with members of Parents and Friends of Lesbians and Gays (PFLAG). Sometimes the two projects work against each other, but for the most part, Bono is right in assuming that her story reflects something larger in the culture and that others' stories, in turn, bear on her own experience. Readers skimming for intimate details about the mother-daughter conflict between Cher and Chastity won't be disappointed by Bono's sensitively written account. For a long time, Cher overlooked the troubling evidence of her daughter's emerging sexual identity: "Instead, she focused on superficial issues that bothered her: my short hair, my mannish clothes, my weight." Their relationship deteriorated and it was Sonny to whom Chastity eventually confided; ironically, the father who offered immediate, warm acceptance of his daughter's lesbianism would later sponsor the "1996 Defense of Marriage Act" in the US House of Representatives. -- Regina Marler, Amazon.com