{"product_id":"becoming-a-man-half-a-life-story","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\u003e A 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","brand":"Paul Monette","offers":[{"title":"Trade Paperback","offer_id":51671548985650,"sku":"9780060595647","price":14.39,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0988\/7934\/0850\/files\/9780060595647.jpg?v=1787960707","url":"https:\/\/53rdstreetbooks.com\/products\/becoming-a-man-half-a-life-story","provider":"53rd Street Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}