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¡Hola Papi!: How to Come Out in a Walmart Parking Lot and Other Life Lessons
by John Paul Brammer
This is a memoir based on the conceit of answering advice questions. I have no familiarity with the author's previous work as an advice columnist, so I can't say how it compares, but it was a wonderful listen. Early on he asserts that humans can only understand the world through stories, and perhaps that's what makes him such a gifted storyteller. The essays follow his coming of age as a young mixed, gay man in rural Oklahoma and going through to his early adulthood in New York. While the main essays are roughly chronological, they are not a linear retelling of his life, but more a series of stories through which to see major turning points in his life. He mixes humor and tragedy throughout, the way life does, which makes for a moving, but not heavy book. I listened to this as an audiobook, and the content is not suitable for work/all audiences. Although mentions of sex and suicide ideation are not graphic or gratuitous they are common.