{"product_id":"walk-out-proud-from-hell-to-wholeness-9798985313529","title":"Walk Out Proud: From Hell to Wholeness","description":"\u003cp\u003e\"Edwin Light's Walk Out Proud is a brave and compelling book about his struggle to live the truth of his sexual orientation in a world of ignorance and cruelty. This is a powerful story of battles lost and lessons learned. Light wins the war after losing almost every battle. The scars are deep, but Light's resilience and hope run deeper. This book should be required reading for every gay adolescent. It could save lives.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e-Robert Spiegel, author of Net Strategy.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWalk Out Proud chronicles my struggle to be queer from the 1950s on, a journey that began with fear, conversion therapy and a broken engagement with Lisa, to physical assault and a broken jaw in Mass General, and finally leading to self-acceptance and gay matrimony.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eEdwin Light, a classical pianist, earned B. M. and M.M. at the Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music and a D.M.A. at Boston University. Associate Professor of Piano, Western Illinois University and Adjunct Faculty in Humanities at Fitchburg State University in Massachusetts. He's performed widely in the States and in Switzerland and Austria.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/njcorrectionsbookstore.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=AUTH-15169382\"\u003eEdwin H. Light\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Edwin H Light\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 07\/15\/2022\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 166\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.37lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.00h x 5.00w x 0.35d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9798985313529\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN10:\u003c\/b\u003e 8985313525\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBISAC Categories:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e- \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/njcorrectionsbookstore.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=CAT-BIO\"\u003eBiography \u0026amp; Autobiography\u003c\/a\u003e | \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/njcorrectionsbookstore.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=BISAC-BIO026000\"\u003ePersonal Memoirs\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Edwin H Light","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50818521694505,"sku":"8985313525","price":17.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0855\/5747\/7673\/files\/img_9e287737-9bda-4282-a0b7-c52bffecdf98.jpg?v=1755619939","url":"https:\/\/www.njcorrectionsbookstore.com\/products\/walk-out-proud-from-hell-to-wholeness-9798985313529","provider":"New Jersey Corrections Book Store","version":"1.0","type":"link"}