Résultats pour "Hearts" dans Biographies et mémoires

A NEW YORKER BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR ONE OF NPR’S “BOOKS WE LOVE” From the renowned novelist and critic, an exquisite collection of journal entries from the 1980s and ’90s, tracking a young, gay author’s literary coming-of-age in New York during the AIDS crisis In 1983, Thomas...

In A Part of the Heart Can’t Be Eaten, award-winning author, sex educator, filmmaker, and podcast host Tristan Taormino shares her coming-of-age story, revealing how her radical sexuality and unconventional career grew out of an extraordinary queer father-daughter relationship. Raised by a hard-working single mother on Long Island, Tristan got her sex ed from the 1980s TV show Solid Gold and The Joy of Sex. She spent summers at drag shows in Provincetown with her father, Bill, who had come out as gay in the mid-1970s.

From the author of the award-winning novels Crossing the River and Scissors, Paper, Rock comes a powerful book about the transformative power of love. Fenton Johnson recounts the history of "how I feel in love how I came to be with someone else, how he came to death and how I helped." Johnson interweaves two stories: his own upbringing as the youngest of a Kentucky whiskey maker's nine children, and that of his lover Larry Rose, the only child of German Jews. survivors of the Holocaust.

I Have Not Loved You with My Whole Heart is a memoir of trauma, healing, faith, and violence. At its center is the author’s father, the Rev. Renne Harris, a heavy-handed, alcoholic Episcopal priest who came out in the height of the AIDS crisis and died of HIV in 1995. In a book rich with remembrances of the Pacific Northwest of the 1970s-1990s, Cris Harris pulls the listener through turning points in a household crowded with abuse, addiction, neglect, acceptance, and grief, as well as the healing that comes after reconciliation.

In the heart of Crestwood, Samuel's voyage of self-discovery unfolds. With James and Sallie as his steadfast allies from youth, a riverside alcove becomes their shared refuge. In this space, dreams and feelings that defy societal boundaries come to life. Samuel's exploration of his bisexuality is vividly detailed, offering raw and unfiltered glimpses into his clandestine encounters. Each secret tryst, every hushed confession, adds layers to his understanding of identity and desire. With James and Sallie by his side, he finds solace and understanding amidst the turbulence.

"Hearts Across Borders" is an inspiring and heartfelt story that delves into the life of a gay couple, Alex and his partner, who embark on a journey to adopt siblings from Cambodia.

Esta historia no es una tragicomedia que habla de la diferencia entre la comodidad social y la felicidad real. Es una historia humana que versa de alguna forma de cómo tuve que adaptarme a los tiempos, a mis decisiones y a mis necesidades. Muestro cómo, detrás de este rostro y de este corazón, que deja ver solo algunas cosas, hay verdades que pueden engañar, hay sueños, esperanzas, padecimientos, ternuras que se quedan presas en el fondo de nuestro ser buscando la luz como las plantas que logran salir a la superficie.