ARC BOOK REVIEW: The Family Outing: A Memoir by Jessi Hempel
Publication Date: October 4, 2022 Format: Kindle Genre: LGBTQ+, Memoir Publisher: Harper One Length: 306 pages Buy: Kindle | Paperback Synopsis 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...