Jesse Scott offers a lens into growing up in the 1970s as an LGBTQIA+ individual searching for his family – both biological and his chosen family. From flashes to current day with Ancestry.com and Facebook tracing to finding himself as a young child dealt an unfair card, this book kept me wanting to continue reading, even into the early hours of the morning.

Scott’s honesty and genuine character regarding his mistakes he made in his childhood regarding drugs led me to see his growth as a person wanting to be better – a person who saw the ups and downs of life and held on through it all.

Searching for your origins, living during unprecedented times such as the AIDS epidemic, and finding your voice when the world’s worst horrors try to bring you down are all reasons for Jesse to have given up. Yet, his narrative to continue on, to live fully as an LGBTQIA+ individual, and to advocate for others was one that brought me to tears reading.

To be face to face with Jesse’s past and to read the intimate details was difficult as a queer individual; however, like other LGBTQIA+ narrative’s, his story deserves a place at the table and SHOULD be shared!!

A special thank you to Netgalley, Anamcara Press LLC, Jesse Scott, and Keri Ault for an ARC of this book!