Finally Out: Letting Go of Living Straight

from jbealy

There is much to like about this book, particularly, in my view, the personal stories in which Dr. Olson appears relaxed and engaging. But while he may have a compelling story to tell, the mediocre production value of this particular release may serve as a deterrent to reading it. That said, this...

from the_darling_copilots

Like some of the other Early Reviewers, I expected this book to be an inspirational, very personal coming-out story primarily about the author's experiences. It is in fact something different--an assemblage of different kinds of writing, including case studies, personal autobiographical stories a...

from iluvf14

When I saw Finally Out-Letting Go of Living Straight on the LibraryThing list, the subject matter intrigued me. I have an uncle as well as friends who are gay so I thought I could learn something from the book. Dr. Olson is very informative and provided a ton of data and statistics on a multitude...

from haiku.tx

With a narrow audience focus I expected to be only mildly interested in this book. I am, after all, not a middle aged man who has sex with men. The author surpassed my expectations. I found myself fascinated by the science and heart contained within this book and would heartily recommend it to bo...

from briantomlin

Having known many gay and lesbian men and women who cam out later in life, I found this book very enlightening. In this way, it is a very comprehensive view of the myriad issues that all gay people must go through on their journey to acceptance, while also being very specific to a generation that...