"A memoire that everyone should read - gay or straight - for an enlightening look at what life is like for people who are 'different'."

Extract from author interview

Q What made you write this book and who did you write it to be read by?  
A For straight people really.... those lucky enough to have a friend, a child, a brother, an aunt or a colleague who is gay. Because so often I've wanted to say, “Hey it’s not as bad you think... it’s perfectly possible to be both gay and happy too.”  And, of course for gay people ... many of whom will have a laugh along the way remembering  the pitfalls and pratfalls of a gay life lived without regret.
Q The book is essentially a coming out story – do you think that your experience is relevant today as young gay people are far more readily accepted by their peers nowadays?  
 A Oh I don’t think “peers” are really a challenge. Most of them like us as friends anyway. It’s the parents, relatives, employers and colleagues who are the challenge. Because us gay people have plenty of experience at being gay... and many opportunities to familiarise ourselves with who does the cooking, who mows the lawn and other such ridiculous stereotyping.
But the majority of straight people have never, to their knowledge, ever met a gay person. And they know little or nothing of the intricacies and obstacles of a gay life lived.


"An often hilarious, sometimes heartbreaking account of the coming out process for a young white girl in 60s South Africa."