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Summary: I Know He Needs His Privacy But Dayum!!!
Review: I love E. Lynn Harris as an author and I must say his memoir was good, but it wasn't personal enough for me.Must of us already know that he is..... and I am sure that it was difficult coming to terms with that, but hey I don't' care, I still got love for him and I am sure plenty other people do too. I know there was more drama in his life than what was in that book. I am a little bit disappointed. I guess I am just going to have to wait for his next novel to get drama. Later!!!!
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Summary: One of the best books I've read
Review: I must admit, I was not a fan of E. Lynn Harris. I have heard of him, but I never read any of his books. I just wasn't interested. I ended up reading two of his books, and became an instant fan. When he came out with this book "What becomes... ", I really didn't want to read it. I wanted to borrow it from someone and read it, which is rare, cause I love collecting novels. But, the bookclub that I joined (Blackexpressions.com) sent me this book (I didn't order it at all). I was about to send it back to them, when something told me to just go ahead and read it. I couldn't put the book down, there were things about E. Lynn Harris, that touched me. Because in many ways we have lots in common. I'm not gay or anything, but what he's gone through when it came to looking for love and self esteem and everything else in between, I saw myself. I ended up emailing E. Lynn Harris about this book, and hopefully he'll read my email and email me back. But please, please, please go out and get this book. It is so inspirational, whether you are gay or straight. Make sure you have a box of tissues with you.
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Summary: EXCELLENT READING
Review: I READ THIS BOOK IN 1 1/2 DAYS AND IT WAS WONDERFUL.. IT MADE ME SMILE AND CRY AT THE SAME TIME. I LOVE E. LYNN TRULY TO MY HEART, THIS BOOK WILL BE REFERRED OVER AND OVER BY ME. YOU NEVER KNOW WHAT A PERSON HAS BEEN THROUGH. THIS BOOK MADE ME WANT TO SHOUT AND HOLLER WITH THE HOLY GHOST. I FELT LIKE I HAD BEEN REBORN AGAIN.. I WANT TO THANK E. LYNN FOR WRITING THIS BOOK, AND IT MAKES ME HAVE COURAGE TO GO AND GET MY WANTS AND DREAMS.. ALOT OF PEOPLE ARE HOMOPHOBIC AND I TELL THEM, T0 LOOSEN UP AND LIVE A LITTLE... E. LYNN I THANK YOU FOR HAVING THE COURAGE TO WRITE THIS BOOK AND KEEP UP THE GOOD WORK...
I LOVE YOU SINCERLY.... THANKS FOR GIVING ME THE HOPE, STRENGTH AND WISDOM AND THE AMBITION TO DREAM.
SINCERLY
LOVING FAN
T. LITTLE
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Summary: good tell-all memoir
Review: I really enjoyed this book, It read like a movie. I hope this book sets a trend for many other life stories involving black aletrnative lifestyles beside the stereotypcial bed-hopping, flaming tragedies that occurs in the gay lifestyle. Harris tells an honest, riveting, simplistic and heart tugging account of his life from boyhood to adulthood and battling what we all face: the pains of finding and holding onto and losing love. Just wished there were more grit and desciptions of his love life. But it's still a good read.
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Summary: It was okay
Review: I remember reading your first novel Invisible Life after a girlfriend sugguested that I read it. After reading the first couple of homosexual graghic I could not read the book for almost two weeks. However I was able to finish it. After finishing Invisible Life I vowed never to read another novel by E Lynn Harris until a friend of my brother(a female) told me about how his father was calling you a sissy in your memoir. That's when I decided to read What becomes of the Brokenhearted. In your memoir you refered to Ben as Daddy in the beginning I can't help but wonder that if it wasn't for Ben there never would be E Lynn Harris(Mike)the abuse I don't condon especially toward your mother but I can relate to Ben attitude toward your girl acting ways. I felt that at the time you were spending counseling with Dr.Williams you should have been talking to your father about the things you experience as child in his home. But of all the acknowledgement and thank you, you never acknowledge or thanked Ben. Rest In Peace Ben as the scripture say Joys comes in the morning. T.A.E Atlanta GA
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Summary: To Laugh and To Cry
Review: I was a little scared to read this book, not because of the content but because I was going to cry.
The book made me think I was at the movies, it was well written and well directed.
I hope this inspires other that are unsure about there sexuality to not blame themselves and know that they are loved no matter who you are.
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Summary: okay to a point
Review: I've never liked any of E.Lynn Harris's books but was convinced to check this one out because it's a biography. The story of Harris's childhood is genuinely heartbreaking (the Easter Sunday scene made me furious) but the rest is just dull. He jumps over too much. Since only 1/3rd of the book is engaging it's not something I'd tell a friend to buy.
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Summary: The brokenhearted can survive, dream, and move on
Review: In an emotional, heart-pulling introduction and first chapter, we are given an in-depth look into the real world of E. Lynn Harris, not the glamorized life many of his fans will assume that he's led. WHAT BECOMES OF THE BROKENHEARTED is the highly acclaimed and much anticipated release of the summer. It's a tell-all on the life of an award-winning author who started out self-publishing and has continuously reached new heights writing about relationships between gay and bi-sexual men. We are now able to find out more about the young child and man prior to what we hear about today and have read in the bios that accompany his books. Opening with his suicide attempt in 1990, Harris immediately shows us that his life is very different from the wealthy characters he writes about. He tells of how even at a time in which he was ready to give up living, he was able to come back from "rock-bottom" through his faith in God as well as the support of friends and family. Without delay, he grabs the reader's attention and then takes you back in time as he shares about his childhood and growing up in Little Rock, Arkansas. The first experience he shares is Easter 1964. He is dressed up in his new jacket and is excited about giving his Easter speech before the church congregation. His happiness is quickly shattered when his father Ben rips apart his new jacket, verbally demeans him and calls him a sissy. He doesn't quite understand that while his two sisters can proudly twirl around and display their Easter outfits, it's not befitting for a young boy to do the same. This just one of the scenes he shares about life at the hands of his physically abusive father. He spends much of his childhood in fear of Ben, wondering how a father can be so cruel to his own son; while at the same time sensing that he's different. This sets the stage for a low self-esteem and the need to begin pretending to be something he isn't. WHAT BECOMES OF THE BROKENHEARTED takes us from the time Harris is a child through his young adult life. He shares his fears, his desire to be in a loving relationship, and his realization that he does prefer men to women; despite his attempts otherwise. Through his candid and honest recount of those times in his life, we learn of his fight with depression, the abusive relationships he's had the misfortune to suffer through and the make-believe world he built around himself to hide not only his poor upbringing, but also his sexual preference. His job after college working with IBM and the success he attained in a position that not many other black men held showed his tenacity and perseverance to reach the dreams of success that he put in place as a child back in Arkansas. In spite of this, Harris was often left with a broken heart falling into depression, alcoholism, and the continued closet-lifestyle of a gay man unable to admit it. It saddened me reading that one of my favorite authors had suffered so much heartache, but it brought me joy to read of the lessons he's passing on to others. In his memoir, we're able to see him in a more human light; no longer comparing him to his characters. The lessons he shares should do well in showing others the importance of appreciating yourself, being strong in your faith, valuing friendships, being secure in who you are as a person-even if it is different from the role in which society tries to place you, and knowing that your life is yours to live without pretense or being ashamed of your past. I'll sum it up by saying...the brokenhearted can survive, dream, and move on to claim not only success, but happiness. Reviewed by Tee C. Royal
of The RAWSISTAZ Reviewers
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Summary: Continues to live up to his artistry
Review: In this book of his memoir, I felt as if I was sitting with an old friend and we were talking about his past. The level of skill that E Lynn continues to demonstrate is astonishing. He gives this memoir a very familiar feel with the styly of his writing and at times I had to remember that he was writing His-story. Since I have decided to pursue my own writing seriously, I cannot imagine the surrender of will and emotion that continues to go into the development and growth of his characters and the blossoming of his writing. E Lynn continues to engage the reader and moves the pace very smoothly without rushing you, but also not burdening the reader with excessive details or overly emotional insights. This book gives you just enough to feel more connected to him without the complete exposure of the man behind the pen. I strongly recommend this for serious e lynn fans.
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Summary: ALL THAT AND A BOWL OF GRITS & BACON!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Review: MR. HARRIS HAS DONE IT AGAIN.......... THE BOOKS THAT YOU HAVE WRITTEN HAVE INSPIRED ME TO WRITE. WHEN I FIRST BOUGHT THIS BOOK, I CRIED. I HAD A VISION THAT THIS MIGHT BE THE LAST GREAT WORK FROM A GREAT MAN... THEN I THOUGHT, THATS JUST CRAZY.. WHY WOULD A WRITING LEGEND GIVE UP AT HIS HEIGHT OF GREATNESS...THATS WHY I READ THE BOOK AND CRIED SOME MORE AND THEN I REALIZED THAT E. LYNN HARRIS IS A STRONG FORCE TO BE RECKONED WITH FOR MANY YEARS/DECADES/CENTURIES TO COME. IF YOU KEEP IT COMING, I'LL KEEP BUYING........ THANK YOU FOR ALL THE INSPIRATION.. MAD LOVE FROM YOUR #1 FAN....LOVE FROM DOWN SOUTH!
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