Mississippi Sissy

by Kevin Sessums | Literature & Fiction |
ISBN: 9780312341022 Global Overview for this book
Registered by rem_XDP-320934 on 7/24/2008
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2 journalers for this copy...
Journal Entry 1 by rem_XDP-320934 on Thursday, July 24, 2008
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Journal Entry 2 by rem_XDP-320934 on Tuesday, December 9, 2008
Spectacular memoir- loved it!

Released 14 yrs ago (7/9/2009 UTC) at Controlled Release, A Bookcrossing member -- Controlled Releases

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Putting in my Scoobs-buddy GLBT July '09 Bookbox-- to be sent out sometime this month

Journal Entry 4 by wingGoryDetailswing from Nashua, New Hampshire USA on Saturday, August 15, 2009
Taken from Scoobs-buddy's GLBT bookbox.

The cover of this one immediately reminded me of the very entertaining Memoirs of a Beautiful Boy by Robert Leleux, so I figured I'd see how this one compares!

Journal Entry 5 by wingGoryDetailswing from Nashua, New Hampshire USA on Sunday, September 13, 2009
I'd seen this book described as hilarious and harrowing, but to me it seemed a good deal more harrowing than hilarious. It was a bit of a shock to open a book with a cute, showboating tot on the cover, and find the narrator discovering the murdered body of his friend and mentor...

That crime actually wraps the biography, opening the book and concluding it. In between, Sessums recounts incidents from his childhood and teens, including the loss of his parents at an early age, and sexual abuse by a respected churchman.

While the book was a good deal more depressing than I'd expected, young Kevin did have some good times, and he seems to have triumphed over a pretty rough start. He paints an intriguing (if not always comfortable) picture of life in Mississippi, and expresses the mix of confusion and excitement of a child coming to terms with his sexuality under less than ideal circumstances...

Released 14 yrs ago (9/22/2009 UTC) at Post Office Bookswap Shelf (UBCZ), 353 Middlesex Rd. in Tyngsboro, Massachusetts USA

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I plan to leave this book on the book-swap shelf in the Tyngsboro post office lobby at about 1. Hope the finder enjoys it!

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