Review: Beautiful, Touching and Important
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 09 2, 2013
I can't say enough good things about this book. I started it early yesterday and have done virtually nothing but read it until I finished it early this morning. This is a powerful, extraordinarily smart and well-written book.It's also a difficult book, dealing head-on with issues such as child abuse, homophobia, being true to oneself and the incredible pain of being in the closet, especially in a bigoted, small, Southern town.Yet the writing is so accurate, so realistic, the dialog so spot-on that the book takes you on a tsunami of thought, compassion and emotion. To be honest, it left me in tears - and did so honestly and truthfully, without any gimmicks or tricks and without being even slightly maudlin.I cannot recommend this book highly enough - to anyone and everyone.