Travels Through Aqua, Green, and Blue: A Memoir

Some seemingly preordained lives end up elsewhere entirely when a person manages to break the mold. Mary's mold was broken from the outside. When the unthinkable happened in her traditional southern family, Mary's quiet childhood was transformed into a journey of discovery amidst the world around her and of all the potential that lay within her.


Soon after her father, a beloved preacher in her close-knit Tennessee community, came out as a gay man at the height of the AIDS epidemic, Mary's mother, feeling betrayed and unable to deal with this new reality, embarked Mary and her siblings on a years-long cross-country odyssey-which would eventually land them in California-through New York, Nevada, and many other places.


Mary, a sweet, innocent, and precocious child at the beginning of this adventure, had little idea of the transformation she was about to undergo. She would emerge stronger, wiser, and much better prepared for all that awaited her in life, from those travels through aqua, green, and blue...

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Travels Through Aqua, Green, and Blue: A Memoir

Some seemingly preordained lives end up elsewhere entirely when a person manages to break the mold. Mary's mold was broken from the outside. When the unthinkable happened in her traditional southern family, Mary's quiet childhood was transformed into a journey of discovery amidst the world around her and of all the potential that lay within her.


Soon after her father, a beloved preacher in her close-knit Tennessee community, came out as a gay man at the height of the AIDS epidemic, Mary's mother, feeling betrayed and unable to deal with this new reality, embarked Mary and her siblings on a years-long cross-country odyssey-which would eventually land them in California-through New York, Nevada, and many other places.


Mary, a sweet, innocent, and precocious child at the beginning of this adventure, had little idea of the transformation she was about to undergo. She would emerge stronger, wiser, and much better prepared for all that awaited her in life, from those travels through aqua, green, and blue...

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Travels Through Aqua, Green, and Blue: A Memoir

Travels Through Aqua, Green, and Blue: A Memoir

by Mary E. Gregory
Travels Through Aqua, Green, and Blue: A Memoir

Travels Through Aqua, Green, and Blue: A Memoir

by Mary E. Gregory

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Overview

Some seemingly preordained lives end up elsewhere entirely when a person manages to break the mold. Mary's mold was broken from the outside. When the unthinkable happened in her traditional southern family, Mary's quiet childhood was transformed into a journey of discovery amidst the world around her and of all the potential that lay within her.


Soon after her father, a beloved preacher in her close-knit Tennessee community, came out as a gay man at the height of the AIDS epidemic, Mary's mother, feeling betrayed and unable to deal with this new reality, embarked Mary and her siblings on a years-long cross-country odyssey-which would eventually land them in California-through New York, Nevada, and many other places.


Mary, a sweet, innocent, and precocious child at the beginning of this adventure, had little idea of the transformation she was about to undergo. She would emerge stronger, wiser, and much better prepared for all that awaited her in life, from those travels through aqua, green, and blue...


Product Details

ISBN-13: 9780578721675
Publisher: Urban Honesty Press
Publication date: 08/19/2020
Sold by: Barnes & Noble
Format: eBook
Pages: 440
File size: 2 MB
Age Range: 15 - 18 Years

About the Author

Mary E. Gregory is an American author, poet, and mental health advocate. She was born in Nashville, Tennessee, and is the youngest of three. She is a member of the American Society of Composers, Authors & Publishers (ASCAP) and a senior leader at a Fortune 500 entertainment company in Los Angeles.
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