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Book SynopsisSHORTLISTED FOR THE 2020 POLARI PRIZE
''A magnificent achievement . . . I cannot remember a book where I cried so often. Brave, insightful, unflinching, funny, sad, triumphant . . . everything. And both a warning and a hope for the times to come'' STEPHEN FRY
Dustin Lance Black wrote the Oscar-winning screenplay for Milk and helped overturn California''s anti-gay marriage Proposition 8, but he grew up in a conservative Mormon household outside San Antonio, Texas. His mother, Anne, was raised in rural Louisiana, and contracted polio when she was two years old. She endured brutal surgeries, as well as braces and crutches for life, and was told that she would never have children or a family. Wilfully defying expectations, she found salvation in an unlikely faith, raised three sons, and escaped the abuse and violence of two questionably devised Mormon marriages before finding love and an improbable career in the U.S. civil service.
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Trade Review
A beautifully written, utterly compelling account of growing up poor and gay with a thrice married, physically disabled, deeply religious Mormon mother, and the imprint this irrepressible woman made on the character of Dustin Lance Black. Their extraordinary bond left me exhilarated - it actually gave me hope for the future * Jon Krakauer, author of INTO THIN AIR *
An incredibly moving book about how love really does have the power to conquer all. Beautifully written and fortifying * Attitude *
A beautiful, original book * The High Low *
This beautifully written memoir is a wonderfully optimistic story of tolerance and positive change for today's divided times * Bookseller *
Black tells his story with love and honesty in a voice that will resonate with many readers * Costco Connection *
Bittersweet and surprising * Women and Home *
