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PublisherRandom House Publishing Group

ISBN-100375501118

ISBN-139780375501111

eBay Product ID (ePID)227588

Product Key Features

Book TitleBest Little Boy in the World Grows Up

Number of Pages270 Pages

LanguageEnglish

TopicGeneral, Lgbt Studies / Gay Studies

Publication Year1998

GenreSocial Science, Biography & Autobiography

AuthorAndrew Tobias

FormatHardcover

Dimensions

Item Height1 in

Item Weight16.2 Oz

Item Length8.7 in

Item Width5.9 in

Additional Product Features

Intended AudienceTrade

LCCN98-022912

Reviews"Witty and affirming." --Atlanta Journal-Constitution "Hilarious . . . His strong sense of fun keeps the pages turning, and beyond the high spirits, a more touching revelation begins to emerge. . . . Tobias has bottled the secret of happiness and learned how to pass it on." --San Francisco Chronicle "If Andy Tobias were a company, he'd be Fortune 500. . . . He's blue-chip, top-drawer, a hot ticket. Read this book." --RITA MAE BROWN From the Trade Paperback edition., "Witty and affirming." --Atlanta Journal-Constitution "Hilarious . . . His strong sense of fun keeps the pages turning, and beyond the high spirits, a more touching revelation begins to emerge. . . . Tobias has bottled the secret of happiness and learned how to pass it on." --San Francisco Chronicle "If Andy Tobias were a company, he'd be Fortune 500. . . . He's blue-chip, top-drawer, a hot ticket. Read this book." --RITA MAE BROWN

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Dewey Edition21

Dewey Decimal305.38/9664/092 B

SynopsisTwenty-five years ago, the bestselling financial writer Andrew Tobias wrote a classic coming-of-age memoir called The Best Little Boy in the World. He had to write it under a pseudonym, John Reid, because the book was about a cultural taboo--homosexuality--and Tobias was not ready to discuss the subject even with is parents. That book has entertained and educated over a million readers and has never gone out of print. Now Tobias has returned to tell the next part of his personal story, and the story of a civil rights movement, in this witty and affirming memoir,The Best Little Boy in the World Grows Up. America has come a long way since the early seventies and so has Andrew Tobias. What hasn't changed is the author's sense of humor and his gift for telling stories. Here, the tales range from the personal (accounts of heartbreak and love) to the political (coming out to the president of the United States and a crowd of eight hundred others at a time when it was less fashionable to be out than it is now). Tobias describes the distance traveled from infatuation to love, from adventure to commitment, from confusion to self-awareness. The result is a heartfelt and frequently hilarious coming-of-middle-age-story, told with candor, charm, and the kind of wisdom that can only come from the experience of having grown up in exciting times and a changing world. "This book is the story of that change, at least from my small window on it," Tobias writes, "and a thank-you note to those--very possibly including you--who through their goodwill and open minds have helped change it."

LC Classification NumberHQ75.8.T6 1998