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The family outing : a memoir

Hempel, Jessi (Author).

Jessi Hempel was raised in a seemingly picture-perfect, middle-class American family. But the truth was far from perfect. Her father was constantly away from home, traveling for work, while her stay-at-home mother became increasingly lonely and erratic. Growing up, Jessi and her two siblings struggled to make sense of their family, their world, their changing bodies, and the emotional turmoil each was experiencing. And each, in their own way, was hiding their true self from the world. By the time Jessi reached adulthood, everyone in her family had come out: Jessi as gay, her sister as bisexual, her father as gay, her brother as transgender, and her mother as a survivor of a traumatic experience with an alleged serial killer. Yet coming out was just the beginning, starting a chain reaction of other personal revelations and reckonings that caused each of them to question their place in the world in new and ultimately liberating ways.

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  • ISBN: 9780063079014
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    viii, 306 pages ; 24 cm
  • Edition First edition.
  • Publisher [Place of publication not identified] : [publisher not identified], 2022.

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The Family Outing : A Memoir
The Family Outing : A Memoir
by Hempel, Jessi
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The Family Outing : A Memoir

SectionSection DescriptionPage Number
Prologuep. 1
Part 1Origin
    The Stakeoutp. 13
    Crushp. 22
    Oh Lamb of Godp. 31
    Therapistsp. 41
Part 2The Closet
    Infinityp. 53
    French Trainingp. 60
    We Will Serve the Lordp. 69
    Our Bodies, Ourselvesp. 80
    I Am the Problemp. 88
    Help Usp. 98
    It's Not Youp. 102
    All of the Ways We Pretendp. 109
    Both Handsp. 118
Part 3Hurt
    Outing Dadp. 129
    Can I Have the Keys?p. 139
    You've Reached a Number That Is No Longer in Servicep. 147
    Three-Headed Monsterp. 159
    I Don't Even Remember the Fightp. 166
    Family Conference Callp. 176
Part 4Heal
    Transformationp. 187
    What Persistsp. 198
    Tattoosp. 213
    Transitionsp. 221
    Surfingp. 230
    Oscillationsp. 236
    Marriage, Round Onep. 242
    H-I-Fucking-Vp. 252
    The Duckling in Her Brap. 262
    Everything Falls Apartp. 268
    Fallingp. 278
    Magic Pennyp. 285
    You Will Make Mistakesp. 291
Conclusionp. 300
Acknowledgmentsp. 305