Love That Story: Observations from a Gorgeously Queer Life by Jonathan Van Ness 272 pages
A deeply emotional story of highs and lows, love and activism. Jonathan is a bubbly bundle of energy like a fiesta waiting to happen though he has his tragic moments (cat lover that he is he brought his beloved cats with him on a gig only to lose a dearly loved kitten when the air went out at his hotel and he opened a window to get some air not considering the curiosity of this little one who fell to his death. A tragedy Jonathan still has not completely recovered from. He talks about suffering abuse as a child, HIV as an active participant in sex with multiple partners for many years in his 20s, how he loves to do hair, how much he enjoys doing his podcast, his deep love of figure skating and the stars of figure skating and Olympic figure skating, he also talks about his latest adventure in doing stand-up comedy for a living. His life is one exciting career after another even adding a floor routine at the start of his comedy set just to wake the audience up and let them be surprised! He finds a great balance of yin and yang - negative and positive to share with his fans, his readers. He does an excellent balancing of finding the funny in most everything but proves he has the chops to be serious and a strong voice for the causes he believes in. A good read and insight into a celebrity that the reader will enjoy getting to know better. I recommend this one to mature teens on up as some content might not be for younger folk.
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