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Out of the Shadows

By Walt Odets

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Out of the Shadows

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'Odets's warm and lyrical voice, his inspiring picture of how imaginative gay life can be, has sent me queuing for the couch.' Evening Standard 'A gay man could read this book as if his life depended on it - and perhaps it does' Andrew Holleran, author of Dancer from the Dance Even in our modern progressive world, it's not easy to be a gay man. While young men often come out more readily, even those from the most liberal of backgrounds still struggle to accept themselves and experience stigma, shame and difficulties with intimate relationships. They also suffer from ongoing trauma wrought by the AIDS epidemic, something that is all too often relegated to history. Drawing on a lifetime's work as a clinical psychologist, Walt Odets uses the stories of his patients as well as those of his own deep relationships with other gay men to illuminate how these difficulties may be overcome. From a 74-year-old who only felt able to come out after his wife had died, to the boy raised in a strict religious family who worked his way to San Francisco, to the middle-aged defence lawyer who left everything behind to embrace a new life, the experiences here explore everything from grief to survival, childhood pain to the definition of gay itself. Out of the Shadows shows us how a new way forward is possible through learning to accept ourselves and others as they are, and independently inventing our own lives.
Product details
Binding:
Paperback
Edition:
1
Number of Pages:
368
Release Date:
2020-05-07
Publication Date:
2020-05-07
Publisher:
Penguin Books Ltd (UK)
Languages:
Original: English
ISBN10:
0141990147
ISBN13:
9780141990149
GPSR Manufacturer Reference:
[email protected]
Weight:
272 g
Height:
128 cm
Width:
198 cm
Thickness:
27 cm
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