Take It Like a Man: Boy George Autobiography - Music Memoir & LGBTQ+ Story | Perfect for Music Fans, Book Clubs & Pride Month Reading

Am about the same age as Boy, and was not a big fan of his in the 80's--thought the plaits and makeup were all a bit contrived. Boy, oh Boy was I wrong. Somehow I stumbled into this book and once I started, could not put it down. His difficult working class Irish roots, crazy and sometimes violent family, and fascinating entry as a teen into London's street and club culture. Meteoric rise to fame with the Culture Club and humbling crash coinciding with the ravages of heroin addiction. That part was so sad and difficult to read but gives this reader new insights into how and why celebrities become addicted and how easy and arbitrary death by overdose can be. The Boy is a complex guy -- he is wickedly funny, sensitive, eloquent, brilliant, but also violent, selfish and of course self destructive. The book leaves off when he is in his 30's. We know he has had serious problems with drugs since then. He seems to be in a good place now, and I hope the better angels of his nature are able to win for good.