Description
Book SynopsisBittersweet and empowering,
The Only Way Through Is Out is both a coming-out and coming-of-age story, as well as a call to action for every human who is longing to live authentically but is afraid of the cost.
Trade ReviewAn honest and insightful delve into coming out later in life,
The Only Way Through Is Out is filled with tears, laughter, and, above all, hope." - Lara Lillibridge, author of
Girlish: Growing Up in a Lesbian Home"I could not put this book down. Suzette shows us the search for one’s authentic self has no expiration date and is worth whatever it takes. This book is a glorious tale of tenacious courage that any woman searching for her path in life will love." - Jennifer Louden, national bestselling author of
Why Bother? Discover the Desire for What’s Next "In
The Only Way Through Is Out, Suzette Mullen reveals how she unearthed her true sexual identity from beneath a mountain of cultural, familial, and internalized heteronormativity. Swimming upstream, she emerges in midlife as the heroine of her own story, and as inspiration to any reader struggling to express their most authentic self." - Robin Rinaldi, author of
The Wild Oats Project: One Woman’s Midlife Quest for Passion at Any CostTable of Contents
- Author’s Note
- Part One
- The Path
- The Unspeakable
- The Man I Love
- Listen and Lean In
- Zone of Privacy
- The Real
- Part Two
- Open Doors
- The Talk
- Sacred Vows
- LaLa Land
- Future Stories
- Heart Friends
- Sticky Wicket
- Brave
- Part Three
- The Family
- Coming Out
- My Power
- The Dating Game
- The Ledger
- Choices and Consequences
- The Plagues
- Doubt
- Surrender
- Part Four
- Detour
- Concern
- This Way
- Threshold
- Home
- Acknowledgments
