'Odets's warm and lyrical voice, his inspiring picture of how
imaginative gay life can be, has sent me queuing for the couch.'
Evening Standard 'A gay man could read this book as if his life
depended on it - and perhaps it does' Andrew Holleran, author of
Dancer from the Dance Even in our modern progressive world, it's
not easy to be a gay man. While young men often come out more
readily, even those from the most liberal of backgrounds still
struggle to accept themselves and experience stigma, shame and
difficulties with intimate relationships. They also suffer from
ongoing trauma wrought by the AIDS epidemic, something that is all
too often relegated to history. Drawing on a lifetime's work as a
clinical psychologist, Walt Odets uses the stories of his patients
as well as those of his own deep relationships with other gay men
to illuminate how these difficulties may be overcome. From a
74-year-old who only felt able to come out after his wife had died,
to the boy raised in a strict religious family who worked his way
to San Francisco, to the middle-aged defence lawyer who left
everything behind to embrace a new life, the experiences here
explore everything from grief to survival, childhood pain to the
definition of gay itself. Out of the Shadows shows us how a new way
forward is possible through learning to accept ourselves and others
as they are, and independently inventing our own lives.
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