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Girls Who Like Boys Who Like Boys

True Tales of Friendship Between Straight Women and Gay Men

Melissa De La Cruz Tom Dolby

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English
Plume
24 June 2008
A literary celebration of one of the most important relationships in a straight girl's life-her gay best friend

This collection of original essays goes beyond the banter to get to the essence of an intimate relationship like no other. With a foreword byTales of the Cityauthor Armistead Maupin,Girls Who Like Boys Who Like Boysbrings together pieces by National Book Award winner Andrew Solomon (The Noonday Demon), novelist Gigi Levangie Grazer (The Starter Wife), Barneys New York creative director Simon Doonan (Nasty), and many others from all walks of life. In addition to stories of gays and gals bonding over brunch, these essays chronicle love and lust, infatuation and heartbreak, growing up and coming out, and family and children. With genuine warmth, this definitive anthology proves that more durable than diamonds, straight women and gay men are each other's true best friends.
Edited by:   ,
Imprint:   Plume
Country of Publication:   United States
Dimensions:   Height: 216mm,  Width: 140mm,  Spine: 19mm
ISBN:   9780452289611
ISBN 10:   0452289610
Pages:   320
Publication Date:  
Audience:   General/trade ,  ELT Advanced
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active

Melissa de la Cruz is theNew York Times,USA Today,Wall Street Journal,Los Angeles TimesandPublishers Weeklyinternationally bestselling author of many critically acclaimed novels. Her Blue Bloods series has sold over three million copies, and the Witches of East End series became an hour-long television drama on the Lifetime network. Tom Dolbyis a filmmaker and novelist. His screenwriting and directorialdebut,Last Weekend, premiered at the San Francisco International Film Festival and was released by IFC/Sundance Selects. Tom is the author of four novels, including the bestsellerThe Trouble Boy, and the critically acclaimed boarding school taleThe Sixth Form. He lives inLos Angeles withhis two daughters and too many dogs. Armistead Maupinwas served as a naval officer in the Mediterranean and with the River Patrol Force in Vietnam.In 1976, he launched his groundbreakingTales of the Cityserial in theSan Francisco Chronicle.Maupin is the author of nine novels, including the six-volumeTales of the Cityseries,Maybe the Moon,The Night ListenerandMichael Tolliver Lives.The Night Listenerbecame a feature film starring Robin Williams and Toni Collette.Maupin lives in San Francisco with his husband, Christopher Turner.

Reviews for Girls Who Like Boys Who Like Boys: True Tales of Friendship Between Straight Women and Gay Men

aQuietly revolutionarya]thoroughly refreshing.a<br> a Time Out New York <br> aHilarious.a<br> a San Francisco Chronicle <br> aEssays soar with strong insights into love, humanity and the nature of friendshipa]a<br> a Publishers Weekly


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