JM Branum

a delightful read

Revisado: 01-18-25

life affirming, funny as hell, read with the best Southern Gay accent ever. may we all live lives as full as The Dirtbag Queen!

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a compelling and Earnest look at a very interesting human being

Revisado: 07-30-24

I really really liked this book primarily for its emphasis on Ben Franklin the human being --- fascinating interesting and deeply deeply flawed. it all came out in this book.

there is a part of me that wishes it were possible to simply worshipfully adore someone like franklin, but that's not who he really was. the author did an excellent job of showing all of the sides of Franklin --- the beautiful the zany but also the ugly and wretched

this is a book with a lot of good life lessons I highly recommend it

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painful beautiful hinest

Revisado: 02-07-24

a powerful read, earnest and painfully honest.

his work will relate to not only LGBTQ people but really to anyone who has struggled with generational trauma and feelings estranged from one's surrounding and)or context

speaking of context - I adored Elliott's depictions if place, specific places. this geographic detail made the book come alive for me

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Vibrant portrayal of this important memior

Revisado: 08-04-22

This book was a deeply compelling memior from a fabulous author, and this dramatization adds even further depth to the story highlighting details that had slipped past me in previous reading.
Great performance from a great cast!

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challenging important book

Revisado: 06-15-22

a powerful book, and one that worked well in audio form.

the author expressed with clarity and conviction, in the salty idiom of a soldier, why the issue of wat is not a simple matter for Christians and how painful our societal stereotypes if veterans can be.

read this book with an open mind and i can guarantee your thinking will be challenged onany issues.

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a glorious trip

Revisado: 07-21-18

fascinating,very well written, full of both heart, my favorite to date of Pollan's books. I loved it.

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awesome book!!!

Revisado: 10-29-17

Incredible book. I learned a lot about this pioneering female golfer, co-founder of the LPGA and advocate for cancer awareness in the 1950's when many refused to even say the word "cancer." Oh... and she won 2 gold and 1 silver I track and field in the 1932 Olympics, and so much more.

To me --- her ethos was a blend of Mohamad Ali's ego (coupled with the ability to back up) and Jim Thorpe's multi-sport athletic abilities along with her own mix of being a 2nd generation American who grew up poor in East Texas (which meant she also had more than a bit of baggage on issues like race and class, some good some bad).

And there is the issue of sexual orientation in her life, due to the extreme homophobia of her day she was not open about it, but today it appears clear that she was bisexual, something that this book discusses to the extent possible given the scanty historic record. Still it was helpful to see how she found ways to make her life work at this difficult time in history .

She died way too young from cancer, in her 40's, but her life is one that should be remembered.

I highly recommend this book.

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must read for all couples who want to stay sexuall

Revisado: 05-24-17

incredibly helpful and thoughtful. good reading for all committed couples whether married or not, straight or gay, young or old.

also I loved the author's narration and her writing style. deliciously irreverent, yet not flippant or thoughtless

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