Out of denial
Subtitle: piecing together a fractured life
By: Robert K. Anderson
Contributors: Anderson, Robert K. (Robert Kenneth), 1941-
Publisher: Lulu.com
Published: 2008
Place of publication: [United States]
Language: eng
Number of pages: 249
ISBN-13: 9781435720619
Copyright date: 2008
Subjects: Gay men; Identity; Biography; Coming out (Sexual orientation)
Other titles: Piecing together a fractured life; Out of denial
Description: Out of Denial is the memoir of a closeted gay married man who grew up in the conformist Fifties and got stuck in a maze of denial. It shows the toll this takes on him and those he loves, his struggle to break free and his eventual recovery of a lost boy and submerged self. With frankness, humor and hope, this story celebrates the odyssey of coming out and the release of new energy for love, friendship, spirituality and creativity. From the Foreword: "Some people talk of the need to save their souls. My soul saved me. This book is the story of that rescue."- Publisher.

This memoir of a closeted gay married man who grew up in the conformist 1950s and got stuck in a maze of denial shows the toll this takes on him and those he loves, his struggle to break free and his eventual recovery of a lost boy and submerged self. With frankness, humor and hope, this story celebrates the odyssey of coming out and the release of new energy for love, friendship, spirituality and creativity.
Notes: "A much revised version of a book informally self-published in 2005 as: Testament of denial"--Title page verso.
Table of contents: title: Foreword -- -- [Part 1].; title: In retrospect -- -- A; title: leap, a look back --; title: Karner --; title: Boys I never knew --; title: Gary at poolside -- -- [Part 2].; title: Survival -- -- The; title: dream -- -- The; title: authorized version --; title: Bullies and sissies --; title: Elegy --; title: First crush --; title: Wet dream -- -- The; title: call -- -- The; title: bargain -- -- [Part 3].; title: Marriage --; title: Courtship -- -- The; title: test --; title: Return --; title: Arabesque --; title: Doppelganger -- -- [Part 4].; title: Home free -- -- The; title: formula --; title: Scuttling --; title: Home free -- -- [Part 5].; title: Coming out -- -- The; title: last woman --; title: Loving men --; title: Daniel folding clothes --; title: Blessed fraternity --; title: Friendship --; title: Classic dream --; title: Embracing the exile -- -- [Part 6].; title: Gifts --; title: God's joke --; title: Owning --; title: Knowing --; title: Cauchemar --; title: Living in the body --; title: Spirituality --; title: Creativity --; title: Afterword --; title: Acknowledgments.