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If you like TJ Klune, Fredrik Backman, or are a gay man of *ahem* a certain age - or wondered what it was like to be gay and coming of age in the 70's, I highly recommend Matt Cain's The Secret Life of Albert Entwistle.

A delightful and solid read, bullying and bashing take a back seat to a story of everyday human courage and survival, with an ending that will make you smile.

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The worst part about coming out, it seems, is the imposter syndrome going into immediate overdrive and the sudden feeling that you need to "perform" to live up to everyone's expectations of you (or rather your own expectations of what their expectations are).

But the thing is, I'm still just me, just ... a little more open about who I am. Or trying. I haven't changed, and even if I'm always growing and developing as a person, it doesn't and won't happen overnight.