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Swish: A Quest
Swish: A Quest
Swish: A Quest
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Swish: A Quest

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As emotional as it is funny, Swish is the moving account of one man's journey from stereotype to truth.

Joel Derfner is a knitter, an aerobics instructor, a cheerleader, a go-go dancer, and a musical theater composer, but when he realizes one day that he's a walking gay cliché, he embarks on a quest for deeper meaning. Confronting the demons of his past at an LGBT summer camp, using the Internet to "meet" men (many, many men), or going undercover to a conference of ex-gays, he discovers that what he's looking for—and sometimes even finds, hidden under the surface of everyday life—is his own identity.
LanguageEnglish
PublisherBookBaby
Release dateMay 17, 2008
ISBN9781483586687
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