The Memoirs of a Beautiful Boy

"Winning...sprightly...head tossing, high-strung comedy."--The New York Times "Utterly beguiling...witty, irreverent, a romp on paper." -The Philadelphia Inquirer "Wonderful--tender, funny, and intelligent." -The Houston Press "Wickedly funny and tender...ridiculously tasty." -The Seattle Times "For the reader, at least, she will be forever memorable, uniquely, wonderfully, weirdly herself--Jessica Wilson, the mother of a beautiful boy. This hilarious, heartbreaking memoir is a pure joyride for the reader."--Times-Picayune (New Orleans) "[Leleux] displays a nice self-effacing wit, a talent for constructing funny scenes, and a genuinely sweet spirit that engages the reader's sympathy." --Booklist "positive, witty tone" --Connecticut Post "a charming account" --Just Out "[Leleux's] funny, but poignant tale of growing up gay with a narcissistic, but lovable and witty mother in Petunia, east Texas, is the new must-read... pitch-perfect sentences that are both heartbreaking and laugh out loud funny" --Washington Blade "well-wrought... a sweet guy, and he has a nice way with an anecdote." --Austin American-Statesman (Texas) "wittily written, entertaining...refreshingly clear-eyed."--Salem Press