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	My Trip Down the Pink Carpet Leslie Jordan Simon Spotlight Entertainment, 2008 - 272 pages average customer review:based on 16 reviews view larger image
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highly recommended

Leslie Jordan and his sordid life! ;)

Leslie Jordan's book is a lot like him...short, quirky and funny. I've seen this little southern diva before in many shows but it was his hilarious recurring role on television's "Will and Grace" and his side-splitting turn as Brother Boy in Del Shore's cult hit "Sordid Lives" that won me over. I've also had the good fortune of seeing him on stage with the traveling stage show of "Sordid Lives" and "Southern Baptist Sissies" in which he gave performances that brought down the house! When I read that he had a book coming out chronicling his life, I had to give it a read.

Jordan jumps back and forth in his book, never telling his story in chronological order. While that is not a bad thing, his story is choppy sometimes and I'm sure he's holding back some whopper-sized tales that would make his family blush if he really let loose and spilled the goods. However, what he does share is funny as well as touching. Through his words he shows how his Southern Baptist upbringing in Tennessee affected him as a young man, dealing with his sexual orientation and a life time of issues that come with that baggage. While he always knew he was a gay man, he was fighting those demons created by his Baptist teachings and the desires in his heart. Unfortunately, he wasted many years hating who he was and trying to numb that hate with drug and alcohol, all the while managing to keep his career moving along.

While he mentions many funny things, such as his celebrity crushes and some great stories about his mom and his overt "gayness", the most touching part of the book, for me, came near the end when he had the revelation of what we all truly should be striving for in life...which is to love and be loved. His revelation, sadly comes through the words of a friend dying of AIDS--words that are extremely relevant in today's world.

Jordan is a talented and wickedly funny character actor. I would love to have heard more about his time on the sets of shows like "Will and Grace" and "Ally McBeal" or on the movie sets he's worked on. It would also been nice to have heard more about his time as a child, his time in high school and his life in college. But all in all, 'My Trip Down the Pink Carpet' is a treat for fans of this diminutive firecracker.

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