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All out, a father and son confront the hard truths that made them better men, Kevin Newman & Alex Newman

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All out, a father and son confront the hard truths that made them better men, Kevin Newman & Alex Newman

Language

eng

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no index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

All out

Responsibility statement

Kevin Newman & Alex Newman

Sub title

a father and son confront the hard truths that made them better men

Summary

How having a gay child challenged a prominent anchorman and changed his family--for the better. Bracingly honest, "All Out" is a touching and disarmingly funny memoir that will resonate with any parents and children, gay or not, who have ever struggled to understand each other (or themselves). When Kevin Newman's son, Alex, came out to his parents at age 17, they immediately told him they accepted him, and they meant it. But they were also panicked. Gay kids are far more likely to attempt suicide than straight kids are. How could they head off bullying and discrimination? How could they steer Alex away from the sexually charged scene online? Was the gay part of town safe for a cute teenage boy? The Newmans felt they were in a new world, with its own customs and culture, and no road map. Kevin couldn't find any advice or accounts written by fathers of gay men; in the literature, fathers were uniformly depicted as rejecting

Table Of Contents

Machine generated contents note: One.Fatherhood / Kevin -- Two.Sonhood / Alex -- Three.Work Life / Kevin -- Four.School Life / Alex -- Five.In Public / Kevin -- Six.In Private / Alex -- Seven.Being A Somebody / Kevin -- Eight.Being A Nobody / Alex -- Nine.The Sixteenth Minute / Kevin -- Ten.The Sixteenth Year / Alex -- Eleven.Tests / Kevin -- Twelve.Proofs / Alex -- Thirteen.All Out / Kevin -- Fourteen.All In / Alex

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