Bests & Worsts Reviews from Amazon

This book explores William Dameron’s struggle to come out as gay—both to himself and his wife and children—and his attempt to wade through the wreckage created by his decades-long lie and find a clear path forward as a father, son, and husband once again. There are so many words I could use to describe this memoir (exquisite, heartbreaking, heartwarming, funny, inspiring, gorgeous, riveting), but none of them do it justice. Even if you can’t identify with Dameron’s exact struggle, his story is deeply human, and I felt it deep in my bones. It’s a story of love and heartbreak, betrayal and forgiveness, deception and truth, self-hatred and self-acceptance—and it’s a story that will resonate, on some level, with every person who reads it. There were so many stunning passages, but this is one of my favorites: “We are not the first generation of queer people who have found ourselves trapped in a straight marriage, but please God, let us be the last. In a world filled with hate and lies propagated by the Trump administration, living the truth is a form of resistance and persistence.” In sharing his truth with us, a truth he fought so hard with himself to bring into the light, William Dameron has given us all an immensely beautiful gift.