{"product_id":"becoming-a-man-half-a-life-story-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\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eMonette, Paul:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - \u003cp\u003ePaul Monette (1945-1995) is the author of many books, including seven novels, four volumes of poetry, and several highly praised nonfiction works, such as \u003cem\u003eBorrowed Time: An AIDS Memoir\u003c\/em\u003e. In 1992, he received the National Book Award for \u003cem\u003eBecoming a Man\u003c\/em\u003e. He died of AIDS complications in 1995.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Harper Perennial","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51183676391698,"sku":"9780060595647","price":13.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_11ddb589-2ac8-4005-8d60-8bbb33e62dca.jpg?v=1744476679","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/becoming-a-man-half-a-life-story-9780060595647","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}