Description

This memoir series pulls readers through the jagged edges of Laurence Pokras’s life—childhood trauma, sexual violence, confusion, humor, rage, and the long road to self-understanding. In Book 3, he recalls disturbing encounters, including being raped by a woman, and grapples with emotions that society tells men not to feel. He refuses to sugarcoat anything. Instead, he tells it all—awkward erections in school, confusing relationships, being mocked for his vulnerability, and daring to speak out when the world expected him to stay silent. Pokras’s storytelling is fast-paced, emotionally raw, and infused with a strange, rebellious humor that somehow makes even the darkest truths bearable. For readers ready to face the truth, this is the book that finally says what others are too scared to admit.