Amazing Read

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This story unfortunately did not get pubished in time for price month. But it proves to be a value for the LGBTQ+ community. The author does and amazing job at capturing what it was like for her father to grow up in the early 1900's and feeling alone with his sexuality.

This story isn't just about the dad’s ( Ralph). It is also about Laura and what it was like for her to grown up in the time that she did, with the family that she did. She is so honest and raw in this story about how her parent’s relationship was with each other, and how it affected the children. Her father came out to his grandmother years before he was able to truly be honest with his family and with himself. During all those years Laura is struggling with her own insecurities and life. And once she hears about her father’s secret, she wants to learn more about his hidden life- all while wishing her mother would also have a happy life. It must have been such a daily struggling to deal with such a complicated dynamic.

This is a story that needed to be told, as well as read by everyone.