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Hardcover Love That Story: Observations from a Gorgeously Queer Life Book

ISBN: 0063082268

ISBN13: 9780063082267

Love That Story: Observations from a Gorgeously Queer Life

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The Emmy-nominated host of Netflix's Queer Eye follows up his New York Times-bestselling memoir, Over The Top, with this collection of thought-provoking essays on grief and healing, cannabis reform, LGBTQIA+ rights, imposter syndrome, personal style, the HIV safety net, and of, course, how to make your hairdresser love you.

In his New York Times-bestselling memoir Over the Top, Jonathan van Ness showed readers how the incredibly difficult moments from his life (surviving sexual abuse and addiction, being diagnosed with HIV) have existed alongside great joy and positivity (landing a breakout role on Netflix's Queer Eye, becoming an amateur figure skater and professional standup comedian, doting on his five cats).

If Jonathan learned anything from the painful life experiences, it's that in order to thrive, he needed to push past the shame and fear of being his true self, which meant getting comfortable with being uncomfortable. In this candid and curious essay collection, he takes a thoughtful, in-depth look at today's hot-button issues, viewed through the lens of his personal experience. From the evolution of his signature style to an investigative report on the queer history of his hometown, Jonathan reflects on his life and how he has learned to embrace change--doing the work to challenge internalized beliefs, finding compassion and confidence, and learning more about what makes us all so messy and gorgeous.

Balancing the dark and the light, the serious and the madcap, these essays allow us to examine our individual assumptions, expand our horizons, and give ourselves permission to be the flawed and fabulous humans we are.

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If Trump were gay...

The problem with writing an autobiography is that you have to have something exceptional about yourself. Some talent or previously unknown hot affair with an unlikely character in the news. Or, perhaps you are viewed as vapid and self-absorbed when in reality people who get close are amazed at your warmth and what a giving, loving person you really are. When none of the above qualities are present, you come across as shallow and un-interesting in anything but yourself. Alas, there is so little substance to you that one must wonder what propelled you to write a second book about yourself since nothing of any merit had occurred since the first. Boring, Boring, Boring
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