“Winning…sprightly…head tossing, high-strung comedy.”—The New York Times
“Utterly beguiling…witty, irreverent, a romp on paper.” –The Philadelphia Inquirer
“Wonderful—tender, funny, and intelligent.” –The Houston Press
“Wickedly funny and tender…ridiculously tasty.” –The Seattle Times
“For the reader, at least, she will be forever memorable, uniquely, wonderfully, weirdly herself--Jessica Wilson, the mother of a beautiful boy. This hilarious, heartbreaking memoir is a pure joyride for the reader.”--Times-Picayune (New Orleans)
"[Leleux] displays a nice self-effacing wit, a talent for constructing funny scenes, and a genuinely sweet spirit that engages the reader's sympathy." --Booklist
"positive, witty tone" --Connecticut Post
"a charming account" --Just Out
"[Leleux's] funny, but poignant tale of growing up gay with a narcissistic, but lovable and witty mother in Petunia, east Texas, is the new must-read... pitch-perfect sentences that are both heartbreaking and laugh out loud funny" --Washington Blade
"well-wrought... a sweet guy, and he has a nice way with an anecdote." --Austin American-Statesman (Texas)
"wittily written, entertaining...refreshingly clear-eyed."--Salem Press
