"I knew Jon Kinnally could make me laugh from years of working with him on Will & Grace, but I didn't know he could make me cry too. Dammit, Jon! What a beautiful, open-hearted, hilarious book. If I were the kind of person who read a book a second time I would consider doing it with this one.”
-Gary Janetti, New York Times bestselling author of Do You Mind If I Cancel
“Jon’s gut-funny and heart-felt account of pushing himself to be straight in adolescence then finding his gay soulmate in New York City’s vibrant, ‘80’s art scene amidst the looming AIDS crisis is both poignant and triumphant. You’d have to be a myopic, fully-clenched, elder Republic**t to deny yourself this read.”
-Laura Kightlinger, Stand-up comedian and writer
“Laughed my ass off, cried my heart out. Can this please be required reading for homophobes? It’s a grand salute to the artistry and whimsical talent of the Gay world. Without them, we would be so boring. Thank you Jon, and all the others, including my brother and sister.”
-Penelope Spheeris, director of Decline of Western Civilization docs and Wayne’s World.
“Ok, I knew Jon was funny based on the genius and hilarious stuff he wrote on Will & Grace for so many years, but this is next level. Insightful, moving, fearless, full of heart and of course funny as hell. Like laugh so hard you accidentally fart funny. And there is no higher praise.”
-Debra Messing, Will & Grace
-Gary Janetti, New York Times bestselling author of Do You Mind If I Cancel
“Jon’s gut-funny and heart-felt account of pushing himself to be straight in adolescence then finding his gay soulmate in New York City’s vibrant, ‘80’s art scene amidst the looming AIDS crisis is both poignant and triumphant. You’d have to be a myopic, fully-clenched, elder Republic**t to deny yourself this read.”
-Laura Kightlinger, Stand-up comedian and writer
“Laughed my ass off, cried my heart out. Can this please be required reading for homophobes? It’s a grand salute to the artistry and whimsical talent of the Gay world. Without them, we would be so boring. Thank you Jon, and all the others, including my brother and sister.”
-Penelope Spheeris, director of Decline of Western Civilization docs and Wayne’s World.
“Ok, I knew Jon was funny based on the genius and hilarious stuff he wrote on Will & Grace for so many years, but this is next level. Insightful, moving, fearless, full of heart and of course funny as hell. Like laugh so hard you accidentally fart funny. And there is no higher praise.”
-Debra Messing, Will & Grace
“Like the greatest storytellers, Kinnally was able to make me laugh out loud on one page before ripping my heart out on the next. Hilarious, true, poignant, necessary! There isn’t a person on earth (and maybe three or four other inhabited planets) that shouldn’t read this book ASAP!”
-Blair Fell, author of the award-winning The Sign For Home and Disco Witches of Fire Island
-Blair Fell, author of the award-winning The Sign For Home and Disco Witches of Fire Island
“Jon has long proved an invaluable voice of hilarious and sharp dialogue for the screen - the kinds of choice words that we actors get excited to say and nervous we’ll screw up - but now he’s sharing his gift of prose with the world. His memoir is chock full of huge laughs, deep pain and raw truth - sometimes in the same line. From being on the front lines of the AIDS epidemic to the trenches of TV’s great gay sitcom, Will & Grace, Jon’s story is a one of a kind generational fairy tale.”
-Michael Urie, actor on Ugly Betty
“I’ve been friends with Jon forever so I can say this: Reading his book is like talking to that weird aunt you get stuck with at a family reunion only to discover she’s the most interesting person there. Both hilarious and heartfelt – I loved it. Highly recommended!”
- Miss Coco
-Michael Urie, actor on Ugly Betty
“I’ve been friends with Jon forever so I can say this: Reading his book is like talking to that weird aunt you get stuck with at a family reunion only to discover she’s the most interesting person there. Both hilarious and heartfelt – I loved it. Highly recommended!”
- Miss Coco
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