Amy L. (wilfhh29) - reviewed on 10/14/2012 + 5 more book reviews

Helpful Score: 4

I cannot begin to fully express my love for this book. A heterosexual, Kurek "came out" as a gay man for one year to see what the experience really was all about. Once the year was up, Kurek found himself radically transformed from the person he though he was.

The author truly put himself on the line and ended up learning so much. At first I thought that telling the lie that he was gay would be a deceitful way to begin the experiment, however, Kurek was encouraged by several people that the ends would justify the means; and I'll let you read it for yourself to see who was the angry one when it came to the lie itself. The insights in every chapter blew me away. I had to sit with a box of tissue for this book.

It is the only non-fiction book to date that I have stayed up to the wee hours to finish. I read it straight through. It is not only preaching about God's love for those in the margins, but also the very ones in the church that are set in their ways and beliefs. God's love does reach all. This book is powerful because it teaches the value of relationship in overcoming prejudice and hate.

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