A Boy Named Phyllis: A Suburban Memoir

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A memoir of gay coming of age offers the amusing and touching tale of one man's memories of growing up as a gay child in suburban Little Falls, New Jersey. Reprint.

Genres: MemoirLGBTHumorBiographyQueerBiography MemoirGayNonfictionPop Culture

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