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Now That You're Out of the Closet, What About the Rest of the House?

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This book is simply awesome! I have read several chapters over and over again. I'm not one who likes to read self-help books generally, but this one I highly recommend to friends all the time. There are just under 35 chapters and each one is devoted to a topic that really needs to be discussed more in our "community". Topics include: intimacy; internalized homophobia; sexual esteem; sexual addiction; coming out to parents, children, during middle age and beyond; setting healthy boundaries; aging; codependency; partner abuse; overcoming fears. All of this and more in a book that doesn't sound like a dry cookbook of exercises. All in all, a very well-written and witty book that no one should be without!

This book can be opened at any chapter, by gay or straight. The words pull things together and make sense of relationship issues. I am not fond of psychology books. This one reads like a series of short stories about myself and people that I have been involved with. The humor makes reading it easy!

The author has approached a potentially very serious subject with lots of humor - I LOVE the song titles for all the chapter topics. She has also added many questions throughout the text for the reader to consider as food for thought, and very useful for what could be a very thorough "self-help assessment." I am currently using the book with a book-study group and everyone adds their vote for this to be AT LEAST a'4"!