There's so much to this book, from trauma to joy to discovery to loss. There's a brilliant discussion on the intersection of blackness, masculinity, and queerness and what each means separately and where they overlap. This is a book about identity and family and how each informs the other. And of course it's not just a book but a life.

Memoirs are always hard to rate because they are so personal - to the writer as well as the reader. But it's impossible not to resonate with George or Matt or MJ and his story, even if you haven't experienced exactly what he did.