Review of Affliction: Growing Up With a Closeted Gay Dad
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[Following is a volunteer review of "Affliction: Growing Up With a Closeted Gay Dad" by Laura Hall.]
My initial impressions of the book were fairly positive. I love the initial review page before the book really starts, as it gives an impression of who the book is for and what the book aims to accomplish in telling the tales of not only the LGBTQIA+ community but the tales of the parents of LGBT youth; or even the children of someone who is LGBT. Often times in telling stories of groups and their experiences, there is a level of intersectionality that is completely missed and their stories go untold regardless of being directly affected. Often times this level of intersectionality involves children who have a shared experience with their parents. Another thing I love that this book captures in the very beginning is the fondness for their father. How they speak of their father. The type of love that only a child can have for their parent. But the book really evolves this feeling from a dwarf looking upward at an all knowing giant who seems to have all the answers to life’s questions and moves it into something more tangible where the child and parent are on more equal footing and they realize that the giant (their parent) never had the answers and was just going day by day. In the same exact way that the child, who is now an adult, does now. Another thing that I love that this book captures is whenever the characters are reminiscing over memories, you get this child-like and very human sense of viewing the memories through rose tinted glasses as if they were your own memories, and the way that the author captures detail in this way, to me as a reader, is completely remarkable. I’d mark this book a 4 out of 5 only due to the fact that it is an amazing book but i don’t think it’s one of the absolute best books ever. I’d recommend this to anyone who likes stories that are about lgbt or have a unique positive perspective on lgbt issues, and this book certainly provides a unique standpoint.
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Affliction: Growing Up With a Closeted Gay Dad
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My initial impressions of the book were fairly positive. I love the initial review page before the book really starts, as it gives an impression of who the book is for and what the book aims to accomplish in telling the tales of not only the LGBTQIA+ community but the tales of the parents of LGBT youth; or even the children of someone who is LGBT. Often times in telling stories of groups and their experiences, there is a level of intersectionality that is completely missed and their stories go untold regardless of being directly affected. Often times this level of intersectionality involves children who have a shared experience with their parents. Another thing I love that this book captures in the very beginning is the fondness for their father. How they speak of their father. The type of love that only a child can have for their parent. But the book really evolves this feeling from a dwarf looking upward at an all knowing giant who seems to have all the answers to life’s questions and moves it into something more tangible where the child and parent are on more equal footing and they realize that the giant (their parent) never had the answers and was just going day by day. In the same exact way that the child, who is now an adult, does now. Another thing that I love that this book captures is whenever the characters are reminiscing over memories, you get this child-like and very human sense of viewing the memories through rose tinted glasses as if they were your own memories, and the way that the author captures detail in this way, to me as a reader, is completely remarkable. I’d mark this book a 4 out of 5 only due to the fact that it is an amazing book but i don’t think it’s one of the absolute best books ever. I’d recommend this to anyone who likes stories that are about lgbt or have a unique positive perspective on lgbt issues, and this book certainly provides a unique standpoint.
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Affliction: Growing Up With a Closeted Gay Dad
View: on Bookshelves |
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