jess_mango 's review for:

¡Hola Papi!: How to Come Out in a Walmart Parking Lot and Other Life Lessons by John Paul Brammer

4.0

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Hola Papi is a collection of essays spurred on by advice column questions and responses. John Paul Brammer grew up in small town Oklahoma as a mixed race gay kid. He experienced his share of bullying, which caused him to change middle schools. Later he found himself working as the writer of the Hola Papi advice column for a Grindr-owned online publication. There he answers questions from gay men looking for advice about coming out or their new relationships, and more. All of this is done with a pinch of humor and self-deprecation. Brammer recounts his own awkward encounters, self-discovery, love found and lost.

I listened to the audiobook, which Brammer narrated himself and he came across as warm and approachable. I appreciated his insight into his life as a less than 100% confident gay man and his desire to help the younger generation of gay men learn from his experience.

Thank you to the publisher for the review copy!