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Bezig met laden... A Boy Named Phyllis: A Suburban Memoirdoor F. A. de Caro
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Meld je aan bij LibraryThing om erachter te komen of je dit boek goed zult vinden. Op dit moment geen Discussie gesprekken over dit boek. What a fun book. Memoir of a gay man whi grew up in the 60-70s Era. He was a surprise baby, his mother had a tumor. And from there we're off and running. His crush on David Cassicy to being in high school drama class. Not quite a bear it all but certainly loads of fun and camp. ( ) His mother checked into the hospital to have a tumor removed. She came home with a baby boy. Thus begins the saga of a boy named Phyllis -a funny, witty, touching memoir of growing up gay in the aluminum-sidinged wild of Little Falls, New Jersey, that is the perfect antidote to the angst-ridden gay memoir. With a family that resembles the cast from the Munsters, Frank DeCaro explores other major influences on his formative years -from Flipper to the Partridge Family, Paul Linde to Disco- and broadens gay coming-of-age literature with a comic touch. Frank DeCaro is one of my favorite radio hosts. He currently has a show full of "brunchtime fun" on Sirius OutQ that makes me laugh every day. A Boy Named Phyllis is a very fun account of growing up in suburban New Jersey realizing from a young age that he was not like all the other boys in his neighborhood. He had, and still does, a love for old TV shows and celebrities galore. I keep waiting for him to write about the next phase in his life! Maybe soon. geen besprekingen | voeg een bespreking toe
"What's a boy to do? An only child, a little chubby (and carrying it low). By age six already a regular in the Sears Husky Boys Department. Young Frankie is also gay, and he's trapped in the aluminum-sidinged, lawn-sprinklered, what-exit? wilds of New Jersey suburbia. Imagine Elton John born to an Italian-American Edith and Archie Bunker and you've got the picture." "A Boy Named Phyllis is Frank DeCaro's witty gem of a memoir about growing up among working-class Italian folk in Little Falls, New Jersey. There are the usual trials and tribulations between little Frankie and his parents, Marian and Frank Sr., but this is no angst-ridden, coming-of-age gay memoir. Frank is funny, and A Boy Names Phyllis is the antidote to such books." "It is the mid-1960s and the DeCaros have it all: a living room that no one is allowed to live in; a complete collection of cardboard cutout decorations for every holiday; an Entenmann's factory around the corner; and a killer lineup of Friday-night TV - The Brady Bunch, The Partridge Family, Room 222, The Odd Couple, and, if you can stay awake long enough, Love, American Style. There's only one problem: instead of developing a crush on Laurie Partridge, Frankie gets a boner for Keith. He perfects a drop-dead Paul Lynde imitation, and ultimately finds liberation through Elton John and Disco."--BOOK JACKET.Title Summary field provided by Blackwell North America, Inc. All Rights Reserved Geen bibliotheekbeschrijvingen gevonden. |
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