The Men in My Life

In an entertaining yet thoroughly thoughtful way, this book seeks to trace the life history of one human being. Born in upper-middle class affluence, a shocking murder starts him down the road to a lifelong career of self-examination and self-observation. Along the way he meets up with a teacher and a school which turn out to be exactly what he was looking for even though he didn't know he was looking for anything. He has an unexpected divine intervention and nine months later his life goes into a deep tailspin. From the depths of homelessness, he begins his recovery and then starts a new life in San Francisco. He falls in and out of love with the city. Moves to New York a few times. Back to Los Angeles once. Then he meets John and another cycle in his life begins. In a dramatic encounter with John just before a metaphysical AIDS healing service, he is brought out of himself and experiences in a moment all of the joy and terror of union with another person. He spends the next 13 years trying to come to terms with this experience and with the person with whom he had the experience. Both seem elusive. Along the way he learns what it means to be a moral gay man.