Book Review: The Times I knew I was gay – Eleanor Crewes

The Times I knew I was gay

Eleanor Crewes

This is a classic. A joyful coming out story, packed with humour, charm and tinged with a little regret, but that kind that comes from experience and understanding your own journey. Crewes takes us on a richly illustrated, no holds barred retrospective of her own experience of recognising she was a lesbian, and learning what that meant, the potential and finally the pulsing rich brilliance of being authentically herself.

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The book is breath-taking,  funny, emotional and at its core, honest, candid and human.  One of the best coming out books I’ve read, and presented as a graphic novel giving it a charm all of its own.  Lesbian or not you’ll see your own coming out reflected  here, echoed back in its painful, awful glory, but confirming the commonality of experience.

The Times I Knew I Was Gay reminds us that sexuality is not often determined by falling in love with others, but by coming to terms with oneself; that people must come out not just once but again and again and the awesome power that bestows on us.

Out now £14.99

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