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A Woman Like That: Lesbian And Bisexual Writers Tell Their Coming Out Stories by Joan Larkin
hectaizani's review against another edition
2.0
This book is hard to review, the stories are personal revelations by the authors, however they weren't particularly interesting. While I sympathize with the difficulty many of the writers had with coming-out, I can't put myself into their place so I think that is where the disconnect lies. I imagine this is probably on my bookshelf because of the story by Elizabeth Lorde-Rollins. I went to high school with her brother and remember him as one of the first boys I ever kissed.
willwork4airfare's review against another edition
4.0
It took me a very long time to read this book. While it was beautiful and full of so many amazing writers, I just couldn't stand slogging through so many horrible and heart-wrenching stories and having to think about what that means in a book about coming out. I know that that's the reality, and it helped me recognize my privilege in being a part of this generation and feeling so comfortable in my identities, but man was it hard to read. I finally finished the last few stories in one big gulp, and there are definitely some that are happier, there are even sweet moments in the tough ones, but as a queer woman, it was just so hard to read. I received this book as a gift from a boyfriend, and it meant so much to me that he would do that, I was so excited to read about other women like me. And there was just so much sexual abuse and rape, rejection and isolation, fear and disgust and hatred. It's real and it's personal and it's necessary, I'm glad this book exists and that these writers shared their stories, but it was definitely not the uplifting comfort and solidarity I was hoping for.
That said, I thought the book was awesome with its inclusivity of authors of many different backgrounds. I need to be better about looking in the back of anthologies for bios on the authors before I read their essays, because I definitely think it would impact my reading and I always seem to forget. The picture at the end of each essay was also a nice, personal touch.
That said, I thought the book was awesome with its inclusivity of authors of many different backgrounds. I need to be better about looking in the back of anthologies for bios on the authors before I read their essays, because I definitely think it would impact my reading and I always seem to forget. The picture at the end of each essay was also a nice, personal touch.
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