{"product_id":"becoming-a-man-half-a-life-story-isbn-9780060595647","title":"Becoming a Man: Half a Life Story","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe National Book Award winning memoir with a new foreword by Kathryn Harrison, author of The Kiss.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e“Fiercely committed to bequeathing a map of his psychic terrain, to spare others the pain of his solitary journey, [Monette’s] fine memoir is affirmative and ultimately celebratory.” — \u003cem\u003eNew York Times Book Review\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eA child of the 1950s from a small New England town, “perfect Paul” earns straight A’s and scholarships and shines in social and literary pursuits, all the while keeping a secret—from himself and the rest of the world. Struggling to be or at least to imitate a straight man, through Ivy League halls of privilege and bohemian travels abroad, loveless intimacy, and unrequited passion, Paul Monette was haunted, and finally saved, by a dream—“The thing I’d never even seen: two men in love and laughing.” This searingly honest, witty, and humane merging of memoir and manifesto has become the definitive coming out story—and a classic of the coming-of-age genre. It was awarded the 1992 National Book Award for nonfiction. \u003c\/p\u003e | \u003cp\u003eA child of the 1950s from a small New England town, \"perfect Paul\" earns straight A's and shines in social and literary pursuits, all the while keeping a secret—from himself and the rest of the world. Struggling to be, or at least to imitate, a straight man, through Ivy League halls of privilege and bohemian travels abroad, loveless intimacy and unrequited passion, Paul Monette was haunted, and finally saved, by a dream of \"the thing I'd never even seen: two men in love and laughing.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSearingly honest, witty, and humane, Becoming a Man is the definitive coming-out story in the classic coming-of-age genre.\u003c\/p\u003e | \u003cp\u003e“Everyone can learn something about courage and self-discovery from Becoming a Man.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eSan Francisco Chronicle\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“Fiercely committed to bequeathing a map of his psychic terrain, to spare others the pain of his solitary journey, [Monette’s] fine memoir is affirmative and ultimately celebratory.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eNew York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“Monette’s interior life, his ghosts, his turmoil, his final peace -- in Becoming a Man, they have become our literature.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003e--David Ebershoff, author of Pasadena and The Danish Girl\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“Beautifully written…a heartfelt illumination of how a gay person overcame the self-reproach that societal condemnation enacts.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“A poignant, bittersweet memoir….Each stage of [Monette’s] personal journey is described at an intimate, insightful, human level.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“Remarkable…unsparingly observed and beautifully written….The power of this riveting book is in part the application of Monette’s acute intelligence, his ceaseless observation and his cagey wit to a simple, impossible problem.  American culture demanded of Paul—as it still demands of lesbian and gay youth—that he be the one thing he could not be: straight….Thrilling and painful for those of us who know firsthand what he is talking about.  For those who have been unaware, this is a necessary book.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eLos Angeles Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Harper Perennial Modern Classics","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44887632052453,"sku":"NP9780060595647","price":17.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/9780060595647.jpg?v=1730227117","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/es\/products\/becoming-a-man-half-a-life-story-isbn-9780060595647","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}