RaveCleaver MagazinePoised and witty ... Kept me up all night, devouring the memoir’s pages. I was spellbound as Radclyffe deconstructed each layer of himself ... The diarist’s gift for immediacy and vivid detail comes through in the memoir’s polished prose ... Everything is intensely observed ... The details in these scenes contribute to their deep humor, too ... The author’s empathy in turn evokes understanding and compassion from the reader ... More than an important book: it is one of the most compelling of recent memoirs, a story that shows both the pain and the joy that follow when you decide to become fully yourself.
