Love, Ellen : a mother/daughter journey
"Mom, I'm gay." With three little words, gay sons and daughters can change their parents' lives forever. Twenty years ago, during a walk on a Mississippi beach, Ellen DeGeneres spoke those simple, powerful words to her mother. That emotional moment eventually brought mother and daughter closer than ever, but it was not without a struggle. In Love, Ellen, Betty DeGeneres tells her story: the complicated path to acceptance and the deepening of her friendship with her daughter, the media's scrutiny of their family life, and the painful and often inspiring stories she's heard on the road as the first nongay spokesperson for the Human Rights Campaign's National Coming Out Project
Print Book, English, [2000], ©1999
William Morrow, New York, [2000], ©1999
Biographies
x, 366 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 21 cm
9780688176884, 0688176887
956677012
Part I. 1930-1978. The importance of being different; Motherhood; The paper doll family; Atlanta, Texas
Part II. 1978-1997. The importance of being honest; I love you, Mom; I love you, El; Big Breaks; Come out, come out ..
Part III. April 30, 1997, to the present. Journeys; Speaking out, speaking up; Questions
Epilogue: it's all about love