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In this heartfelt and inspiring memoir, Lou Anne Smoot recounts what it was like to be a gay woman living a life of pretense in the conservative South. Her story is a personal journey through history, spanning the decades from 1953 to 2015, when Lou Anne, like many others, followed cultural, familial, and religious expectations in an attempt to keep her true self hidden and safe. Her struggle to find acceptance within herself and in the world, while reconciling her Baptist faith with her identity, takes her into the depths of a depression she fears she will never escape. However, it is amidst…mehr

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In this heartfelt and inspiring memoir, Lou Anne Smoot recounts what it was like to be a gay woman living a life of pretense in the conservative South. Her story is a personal journey through history, spanning the decades from 1953 to 2015, when Lou Anne, like many others, followed cultural, familial, and religious expectations in an attempt to keep her true self hidden and safe. Her struggle to find acceptance within herself and in the world, while reconciling her Baptist faith with her identity, takes her into the depths of a depression she fears she will never escape. However, it is amidst this darkness that Lou Anne discovers unexpected friendship, understanding, and true love. By coming out at 60 years old, Lou Anne's story proves that it's never too late to start living a life that's true to you
Autorenporträt
Lou Anne Smoot is a writer, speaker, and LGBTQ advocate, with a Master's degree in Business Administration from The University of Texas at Austin. She has continued her postgraduate studies at Texas Tech and Texas State University. She travels all over the continental United States, sharing her story and experiences with others as a guest speaker. As an outspoken advocate for gay rights, she and her wife, Brenda, were recipients of the Project TAG Legacy Award in 2015 and Lou Anne was named "Advocate of the Year" by Project TAG in 2010. Her story has been broadcast on CSPAN2 (#445082-1) as well as on Texas Standard radio on June 25, 2018. The previous edition of her memoir was selected as one of the top 44 non-fiction lesbian books of all time by Around the World magazine. She has authored four other books in her time and continues her work as an advocate in East Texas, where she lives happily with her wife, Brenda.