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¡Hola Papi!: How to Come Out in a Walmart Parking Lot and Other Life Lessons
by John Paul Brammer
I can't remember the last time I started and finished a book on the same day. Probably not since I was reading my dad's old sci-fi paperbacks during the summers in high school. But that's how I read ¡Hola Papi!
Brammer, who wrote (writes?) and advice column by the same name that originally started with the app Grindr, uses an effective structure, writing essays on various life lessons he's learned in the form of answer to questions in advice column. The questions are short -- a sentence or two -- but the essays are so... beautiful. And they answer the questions in a very in-depth and personal way. In some ways I identified closely with his stories (growing up gay in a small town, having a high-school job in a small town, having a boyfriend who clearly has some mental health issues), but in others, mostly due to the age difference, not so much.
But all the stories are fascinating. He writes so beautifully and thoughtfully about his experiences, embracing each of them, good and bad, as events that make up who he is today. So glad I read this!
Brammer, who wrote (writes?) and advice column by the same name that originally started with the app Grindr, uses an effective structure, writing essays on various life lessons he's learned in the form of answer to questions in advice column. The questions are short -- a sentence or two -- but the essays are so... beautiful. And they answer the questions in a very in-depth and personal way. In some ways I identified closely with his stories (growing up gay in a small town, having a high-school job in a small town, having a boyfriend who clearly has some mental health issues), but in others, mostly due to the age difference, not so much.
But all the stories are fascinating. He writes so beautifully and thoughtfully about his experiences, embracing each of them, good and bad, as events that make up who he is today. So glad I read this!