{"product_id":"i-was-born-pretty-jimmy-belasco-9798994002711","title":"I was born \"pretty\": Please Be Patient. Please Be Kind.","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSome people were born smart. I was born \"pretty.\"\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThere I was, Forrest-Gumping it across America-no Nikes, just me and my car. Six months, coast to coast, with a grin that said, \"I have no idea what I'm doing, but I'm fully committed.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhy the sudden escape? I was down to my last marble. After two years as a full-time caregiver for my parents during COVID-Dad being his ever-appreciative but Commander-in-Chief self, and Mom having just made her final exit-I needed out of that house. It was the road or a straitjacket.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eGrowing up gay in a conservative church-with Dad as the minister and a brother starring in his own production of \u003cem\u003eThe Gayest Show on Earth\u003c\/em\u003e and paying the price for it-I ran headfirst into the closet. But after Mom died, I wasn't running-I was searching, maybe for a marble or two. Instead, I found pearls.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOn the road, I started talking to Mom. Yes, the dear, dead one. And to my shock, she answered-with nuggets of wisdom I'd ignored for decades. What I chased my whole life, Mom's pearls finally led me to-and made my life worth loving.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIt took over half a century-and my dear, dead mom-to figure it out.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eI'm so damn \"pretty,\" I can't stand it.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Jimmy Belasco\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9798994002711\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Thejimmytalks\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 02\/16\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 246\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.74lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.56d","brand":"Jimmy Belasco","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48743125876991,"sku":"9798994002711","price":19.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/i-was-born-pretty-jimmy-belasco-9798994002711","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}