Review: "Double Life" — A Dual Memoir of a 50-Year Gay Marriage from Broadway to Hollywood
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A review of the dual memoir "Double Life" by Alan Shayne and Norman Sunshine, a gay couple in a fifty-plus year relationship who share their personal journey from Broadway to Hollywood. The book offers a human story at the center of the gay marriage debate, providing a timeline of how gay relationships gained acceptance over the last half-century. The review gives it a 4-star rating and highlights the heartening nature of their long-lasting love.
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bskyReview: "Double Life" — A Dual Memoir of a 50-Year Gay Marriage from Broadway to Hollywoodexpendablemudge.blogspot.comKey quotes
· 4 pulledGay marriage is at the forefront of America's political battles
The human story at the center of this debate is told in Double Life, a dual memoir by a gay male couple in a fifty-plus year relationship
the authors offer a virtual timeline of how gay relationships have gained acceptance in the last half-century
so heartening that these men loved so long and so well
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