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Original Title:	Holding The Man
ISBN:	0978825950 (ISBN13: 9780978825959)
Edition Language:	English

Holding the Man

Timothy Conigrave

Paperback | Pages: 308 pages

Rating: 4.34 | 3601 Users | 379 Reviews

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Title	:	Holding the Man
Author	:	Timothy Conigrave
Book Format	:	Paperback
Book Edition	:	Anniversary Edition
Pages	:	Pages: 308 pages
Published	:	September 1st 2007 by Cuttyhunk Books (first published June 5th 1995)
Categories	:	Nonfiction. LGBT. Autobiography. Memoir. Biography. Gay

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From the land of Down Under comes this true story about a male high school drama student who falls in love with the captain of the football team. Winner of the United Nations Human Rights Award for Nonfiction, HOLDING THE MAN has been adapted into a play opening in America in September 2007. The playwright who adapted the book for stage refers to this a a memoir of striking and unapologetic honesty.

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This is a true story.The author died 10 days after completion of this book, two years after his lover.Theres a new star in the sky tonight And that star is my lover John. He died after a fight for life, A fight he could not have won. In these early days of mourning, When the glare of the sun is too bright, And the sound of children pains me, I love by the cool of the night.Tim Conigrave (19 November 1959 18 October 1994) was an Australian actor, writer, and activist. John Caleo (30 May 1960 -

This memoir is necessary queer Australian reading. Tim shattered my heart and jumped on all the tiny little pieces. Knowing the AIDS crisis was awful is different to reading the lived experience.... move over A Little Life, this one towers above in its authenticity!

I. am. destroyed.This is one of these can't put it down kind of books. I read it almost in one sitting, and seriously, what a marvelous and incredible piece of reality. As one may have guessed from the summary for this, it tells the tale of Tim and John (through Tim's eyes) growing up as gay boys in catholic school, dealing with the AIDS surge in the 80's and its consequences. Saddest part is that this is a memoir, based on true facts. Breaks my heart in tiny little pieces.I'm a sucker for any

I expected that Holding the Man would break my heart. I watched the trailer for the movie based on it, and it tugged at my heartstrings. And now that I finished the book . . . I don't know what to do with myself.When I watch the movie, I know I will actually ball my eyes out. I don't cry watching movies or reading books I simply feel the intense sadness. Until I watch the movie, I have to stock up with plenty of tissue boxes. (I will write a proper review!!!)

"As I walked him to the station John said, 'I wish we could hold hands properly.' The weight of what he said sank in. 'Maybe one day, when things change.'Holding The Man is a memoir written by Timothy Conigrave about growing up and living as a gay man in the 1970s and 1980s in Australia. Tim realizes he is gay at a young age and the novel begins with his self discovery and experimentation with a few different boys, until he meets John Caleo. John is the captain of the high school football team

I love this book, and re-reading it I know why it is so special - it is so touching, funny, moving and heart felt. I just love it.