Affliction: Growing Up with a Closeted Gay Dad by Hall, Laura
Affliction: Growing Up with a Closeted Gay Dad by Hall, Laura

Affliction: Growing Up with a Closeted Gay Dad

In 1937, at the age of nineteen, Ralph Hall, suicidal, revealed his sexual orientation to his grandmother,...
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Author: Laura Hall
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Affliction: Growing Up with a Closeted Gay Dad by Hall, Laura

Affliction: Growing Up with a Closeted Gay Dad

$38.38
Affliction: Growing Up with a Closeted Gay Dad by Hall, Laura

Affliction: Growing Up with a Closeted Gay Dad

$38.38
Author: Laura Hall
Format: Paperback
Language: English
Description
In 1937, at the age of nineteen, Ralph Hall, suicidal, revealed his sexual orientation to his grandmother, knowing she would comfort him. He was out for three years afterwards, until an indiscretion sent him back into the closet. At twenty-four, while in the army, he met and married Irene. The couple made their home on the San Francisco Peninsula and had four children. Ralph was an attentive husband and father--albeit with an intense interest in interior design, flower arranging, and fine objects--and a diligent worker who rose to payroll accountant at Standard Oil.

It wasn't until 1975 that Ralph came out to his middle daughter, Laura, telling her that he had once considered his sexuality an aberration, an affliction. She was shocked, as the possibility her father might be gay had never crossed her mind. Irene had known Ralph's secret for eighteen years, but the two remained married until she died. It was only then that this charismatic man and devoted father, by now in his eighties, could freely express his authentic, gay self.

Here, Laura paints a vivid and honest portrait of her beloved father and the effect his secret had on her own life.


Author: Laura Hall
Publisher: She Writes Press
Published: 07/13/2021
Pages: 352
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 1.00lbs
Size: 8.50h x 5.50w x 1.20d
ISBN: 9781647421243


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Kirkus Reviews 01/01/0001

About the Author
Hall, Laura: - Laura Hall was born and raised in a small city on the San Francisco Peninsula. After receiving her BA (summa cum laude) and MA in landscape architecture at University of California, Berkeley, she went on to teach for the school's Extension program and build an urban design practice. Her projects have included downtown revitalization plans for Northern California communities and pedestrian-friendly zoning codes for Mississippi Gulf towns damaged by Hurricane Katrina. She currently works at the Environmental Protection Agency in San Francisco.
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