Except for One Little Problem: Memoir of a Life in Hiding by Joan Denson ISBN 9781569802120, 1569802122 instant download

Except for One Little Problem: Memoir of a Life in Hiding by Joan Denson ISBN 9781569802120, 1569802122 instant download

A prominent Beverly Hills psychotherapist recounts the struggles, joys, and humor of growing up homosexual in an era of repression. Joan Denson was the American Dream except for one little problem: she was a lesbian. This is a memoir of the girl-next-door who faces her homosexuality and finds herself unwelcome in her surroundings. A child during WWII, the author came of age reading The Diary of Anne Frank. The oppression and suffering of the innocent so captured her imagination that she struck up a friendship with Frank's father and visited Anne's annex, where she found in her desire for Anne a hidden piece of herself. By early adulthood Denson absorbed the culture of the fifties. With a husband and children, she coveted suburban bliss as much as the next girl--but something was amiss. That something came in the form of a lesbian experience that led her to realize what had been missing all along.--From publisher description.